title: [Transient dilatation of the intra- and extra-hepatic bile ducts. A new aspect of bile duct involvement in scarlet fever].
abstract: An extra- and intra-hepatic bile duct dilatation has been observed in a child in the course of scarlet fever. Manifestations of cholestasis, cytolysis and inflammation were present. Pruritus disappeared within 2 months, biological abnormalities within 3 months and ultrasonic bile duct abnormalities between 3 and 6 months, with a follow-up of 9 months. This case report suggests a relationship between a transitory obstruction, possibly toxic in origin, of the bile ducts and the scarlet fever.
authors.affiliation: l'Unité d'Hépatogastroentérologie, Hôpital E.-Herriot, Lyon.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hermier
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pouillaude
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Foasso
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Descos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Loras-Duclaux
mesh_terms: D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002648:Child; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012541:Scarlet Fever / Q000150:complications*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Dilatation transitoire des voies biliaires extra et intra-hépatiques. Nouvel aspect de l'atteinte des voies biliaires dans la scarlatine.