Abstract
Hepatic and bile duct involvement are common in sickle cell disease. This article reports the case of a young woman with cholangiopathy, homozygous sickle cell disease, and protracted anemia. We suggest that sickle cell disease was directly responsible for ischemic cholangiopathy through anoxia.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
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Anemia, Sickle Cell / genetics
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Bile Ducts / blood supply*
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Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic* / diagnostic imaging
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Cholangiography
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Cholelithiasis / complications*
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Cholelithiasis / diagnostic imaging
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Female
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Homozygote
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Humans
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Ischemia / complications*