Partial internal biliary diversion: A solution for intractable pruritus in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 | Zendy

Ramaswamy Ganesh | Zendy; Natarajan Suresh | Zendy; Malathi Sathiyasekeran | Zendy; Priya Ramachandran | Zendy

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Partial internal biliary diversion: A solution for intractable pruritus in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1

Author(s) -

Ramaswamy Ganesh,

Natarajan Suresh,

Malathi Sathiyasekeran,

Priya Ramachandran

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

saudi journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 1998-4049

pISSN - 1319-3767

DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.80387

Subject(s) - progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis , medicine , cholestasis , gastroenterology , cirrhosis , jaundice , liver transplantation , transplantation

Biliary diversion offers a potential option for intractable pruritus in children with chronic cholestatic disorders. Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is an inherited disorder of impaired bile acid transport and excretion, which presents with jaundice and pruritus in the first few months of life and progresses to cirrhosis by infancy or adolescence. We report a child with PFIC type 1 who underwent internal biliary diversion for intractable pruritus and was relieved of his symptoms.

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