Jaundice following oral surgery: Gilberts syndrome.
Jaundice developed in two patients following dental operations under general anaesthesia. Gilbert's Syndrome was established as the diagnosis. Caloric deprivation at the time of surgery resulted in the increased plasma concentration of unconjugated bilirubin. The pathogenesis of this not uncommon disorder and the mechanism of fasting hyperbilirubinaemia is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001047:Apicoectomy; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000601:surgery; D005878:Gilbert Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006933:Hyperbilirubinemia, Hereditary / Q000150:complications*; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology*; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013515:Surgery, Oral; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000601:surgery; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
D001663:Bilirubin