title: Cirrhosis: an unusual presentation of sickle cell disease.
abstract: Hepatobiliary complications of sickle cell disease are relatively rare but well recognised in literature. Clinical syndromes range from mild intrahepatic cholestasis and gallstones to life threatening sequestration crisis. Most patients, homozygous for sickle cell anaemia, present before adolescence. We report a case of an adult man with no prior symptoms who presented for the first time with decompensated cirrhosis, which was found to be due to underlying previously unrecognised sickle cell anaemia.
authors: Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical College Baroda , Gujarat, India .
authors: Rupal
authors: R
authors: Dosi
authors: Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, Medical College Baroda , Gujarat, India .
authors: Rushad
authors: R
authors: Patell
authors: Resident, Department of Medicine, Medical College Baroda , Gujarat, India .
authors: Pooja
authors: P
authors: Jariwala
authors: Intern, Department of Medicine, Medical College Baroda , Gujarat, India .
authors: Purav
authors: P
authors: Shah
authors: Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center , New Jersey, USA .
authors: Sarfaraz
authors: S
authors: Jasdanwala
keywords: Cirrhosis; Sickle cell disease; Sickle cell hepatopathy