[Transient dilatation of the intra- and extra-hepatic bile ducts. A new aspect of bile duct involvement in scarlet fever].
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.
Hermier
M
M
l'Unité d'Hépatogastroentérologie, Hôpital E.-Herriot, Lyon.
Pouillaude
J M
JM
Bouvier
R
R
Foasso
M F
MF
Descos
B
B
Loras-Duclaux
I
I
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
Dilatation transitoire des voies biliaires extra et intra-hépatiques. Nouvel aspect de l'atteinte des voies biliaires dans la scarlatine.