1. Recurrent Jaundice in the family
Presenter:
Sahana Shankar - Kasturba Hospital, Mumbai
Moderator:
S K Yachha - SGPGI, Lucknow
Panelists:
Winita Hardikar - Royal Children's Hospital, Australia
Vishnu Biradar - Dinanath Mangeshikar Hospital, Pune
Y K Amdekar - BJ Wadia Hospital, Mumbai
2. Recurrent Jaundice In The Family
Sahana Shankar
Kasturba Hospital of Infectious Diseases
Under guidance of Dr Aabha Nagral
3. History
3 years old boy born of second degree
consanguineous union
• h/o itching since 6 months of age
• jaundice and dark coloured urine since 9
months of age - waxing and waning type
• pale stools occasionally
10. Approach in cholestasis with pruritus
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PFIC type I, II, III
Ductal paucity
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Sclerosing cholangitis
Congenital stricture of CHD/CBD
Causes of pruritus in a child at 6 months of age
11. Clinical
PFIC1
PFIC2
PFIC3
Onset /severity
of symptoms
Newborn
Recurrences +
Newborn
permanent severe
Later onset
1m-20.5 y
Jaundice
++ / recurrent
initially
+++ / severe and
persistent
++
Pruritus
++
+++
++
(mild & variable)
Growth retard
++
+++
ADEK def
Cirrhosis
Gall stones
++ (rickets**)
by 1st decade
+ (33%)
++ (rickets**)
1st year of life
More often
+
Young adults
+
Pancreatitis
+
++
-
-
-
-
Diarrhoea
12. Progressive familial intrahepatic
cholestasis
Biliary
PFIC I
PFIC 2
Pruritus
âś“
âś“ 62% cases
âś“ 88%
Cholestasis
âś“
âś“ 69% cases
âś“ 75% cases
Îł GTP
N or low / ↑
N or low
↑
ALP
↑
↑
↑
Cholesterol /
Triglyceride
Normal / low
Normal / low
↑
dysfunction
PFIC 3
Bile acid defects: low Îł GTP, early onset, very rare,
reduced bile acids
14. Literature ✦
A- 1 AT deficiency (n 15)
14% of cases as CLD without NCS
Age
Median 2.2 Years
Hepatomegaly
Splenomegaly
86%
60%
Bilirubin (mg/dL)
Median 4.7
AST/ GGT
48-312 / 19- 450 IU/L
Protein / Albumin
4.5-5.7 / 2.4 – 4.6 mg/dL
INR
1-1.5
✦ J Hepatology 2000; 32: 986-92
15. A- 1 AT deficiency
Occurrence
Usually as NCS, Also beyond infancy
Rare in India
Pruritus
++
↑ Choles / TG
âś“âś“
16. Sclerosing cholangitis
(Uncommon)
Age range:
1.5 - 19.6 y
0.5 - 10.3 y
< 2 - 18 Y
12.5% cases <2 y
Pruritus: 6-15%
Hepatomegaly: 14-54%
Elevated
â–Ş Îł GTP 94% cases
â–Ş Transaminases 91%
â–Ş Total bilirubin 86%
â–Ş Alkaline phosphatase 75%
â–Ş Cholesterol 52%
â–Ş Platelet count 38%
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J Pediatrics, 1994;124:49-56
Hepatology 1995;22:1415-22
Hepatology 2003;38:210-17
Cholangiography
possibly
compatible
with PSC!
Not classical
More peripheral
17. Summary
Chronic Cholestatic liver disease with onset in
infancy with consanguinity and sibling death
with high Alk Phos and GGT, normal liver
synthetic function
18. Investigation
• Abdominal ultrasound - hepatomegaly with
bright echotexture and normal biliary tract
• Viral Markers for Hep A,B, C, E - negative
• Autoimmune markers - negative
• Serum total bile acids: 129.01 (0-10µmol/L)
19. Liver Biopsy
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Preserved lobular
architecture
Canalicular cholestatis
with lymphocytic
infiltration into portal
tracts and lobules
Portal, periportal and
portal to portal
bridging fibrosis
No paucity of ducts,
steatosis, giant cell
change,iron overload
or storage cells seen
Features suggestive of
intrahepatic cholestasis and
suggestive of PFIC
20. Immunostaining
• Chronic hepatitis with intralobular cholestasis
• Moderate portal tract fibrosis with portalportal bridging fibrosis
• Widespread hepatocellular deposits of
copper-binding protein
• Absence of canalicular expression of multidrug
resistance protein 3
22. Treatment
• Patient is on ursodeoxycholic acid and fat
soluble vitamins
• Oral rifampicin has been started for itching
• Presently on follow up with growth
monitoring and LFT every three months