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Partial internal biliary diversion: A solution for intractable pruritus in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Biliary diversion offers a potential option for intractable pruritus in children with chronic cholestatic disorders. Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is an inherited disorder of impaired bile acid transport and excretion, which presents with jaundice and pruritus in the first few months of life and progresses to cirrhosis by infancy or adolescence. We report a child with PFIC type 1 who underwent internal biliary diversion for intractable pruritus and was relieved of his symptoms.

Source: Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.80387

Authors: Ramaswamy Ganesh, Natarajan Suresh, Malathi Sathiyasekeran, Priya Ramachandran

Institutions: Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, The CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation

Language: English

Topic: Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2091721817

FWCI: 1.653

Cites: 5

Cited by: 20

Related to: 10