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A case of infantile Dubin-Johnson syndrome with high CT attenuation in the liver

Authors :
Tomoaki Shimizu
Yuichiro Yamashiro
Takeshi Maruyama
Keijiro Yabuta
Toshiya Tawa
S. Oguchi
Source :
Pediatric Radiology. 27:345-347
Publication Year :
1997
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1997.

Abstract

We report a case of Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS) with severe infantile cholestasis and elevated computed tomography (CT) attenuation of the liver. Increased levels of urinary coproporphyrin I were found as well as pigment granules in the hepatocytes and hepatosteatosis. The CT attenuation was markedly higher in the liver of this patient at the ages of 3 and 7 months than in the spleen or kidneys. This high attenuation may be a finding specific to infantile DJS and, therefore, abdominal CT may be helpful in the diagnosis.

Details

ISSN :
14321998 and 03010449
Volume :
27
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Pediatric Radiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....383d7290ab5b15b12370de0fa49d443d