Benign cholestatic jaundice after nephrectomy for pyonephrosis and sepsis.
Severe benign postoperative intrahepatic cholestatic jaundice appeared immediately after nephrectomy in a patient with nephrolithiasis and septicemia. Convalescence was uneventful and no treatment was necessary. This diagnostic possibility should be considered whenever jaundice appears postoperatively for pyonephrosis and septicemia.
D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D009401:Nephrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D018805:Sepsis / Q000601:surgery*