RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rare case of severe cholangiopathy following critical illness
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr2013202476
DO 10.1136/bcr-2013-202476
VO 2014
A1 Kamal Vijaykant Patel
A1 Sameer Zaman
A1 Fuju Chang
A1 Mark Wilkinson
YR 2014
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2014/bcr-2013-202476.abstract
AB Secondary sclerosing cholangitis is a rare condition caused by disorders directly damaging the biliary tree. We present a case of a 34-year-old man with no pre-existing hepatobiliary disease who developed significant cholestasis and subsequent cholangitis while in the intensive care unit for multiorgan failure secondary to H1N1 influenza A (swine flu). After discharge from the intensive care unit, jaundice, fevers, abdominal pain, pruritus and ongoing cholestasis persisted, consistent with recurrent cholangitis. Secondary sclerosing cholangitis was confirmed by liver biopsy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. This is a case of the recently described syndrome of secondary sclerosing cholangitis following critical illness, with associated severe hypoxic and ischaemic injury. He subsequently developed recognised complications of sclerosing cholangitis, including fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies, recurrent cholangitis and liver fibrosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of secondary sclerosing cholangitis following critical illness in the UK.