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Primary sclerosing cholangitis can present with acute liver failure: Report of two cases
Annika Bergquist1, Hans Glaumann, Bo Lindberg
1Department of Gastroenterology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.annika.bergquist@ki.se
Background/Aims:
The aim of the present study was to determine whether PSC can present with acute liver failure (ALF) and to determine its frequency.
Methods:
Medical records from all patients with a well-defined PSC (n=246), treated at Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge between 1984 and 2004 were scrutinized. Information on PSC and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characteristics including mode of presentation of PSC was evaluated. A group of patients with ALF of indeterminate cause at our hospital diagnosed (1993-2003) was identified as a reference group (n=46).
Results:
Two patients with PSC presented with ALF (1%) and are described in detail. Both of them had an underlying IBD. Nobody in the reference group had IBD.
Conclusions:
In conclusion, PSC patients can present with ALF in approximately 1% of all patients. PSC should be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients with ALF of indeterminate cause, especially in patients with IBD.
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