Hartleb Marek, Nowak Andrzej, Gabriel Andrzej
Z Katedry i Kliniki Gastroenterologii w Katowicach.
Wiad Lek. 2004;57(3-4):171-3.
Idiopathic adult ductopenia is a rare disease characterized by chronic cholestasis related to an unexplained loss of the interlobular bile ducts. We report on a 43-year-old woman, whose clinical course of cholestatic disease was indolent and non-progressive, and laboratory abnormalities occurred intermittently. Histological examination of liver specimen showed absence of interlobular bile ducts, intensive proliferation of peripheral bile ductules and only minimal inflammatory portal response. Given the presence of microscopic non-specific chronic proctitis, hypothyroidism and antinuclear antibodies in serum we hypothesize that idiopathic adult ductopenia could be a variant of primary sclerosing cholangitis affecting exclusively small bile ducts.
特发性成人胆管减少症是一种罕见疾病,其特征为与小叶间胆管不明原因缺失相关的慢性胆汁淤积。我们报告一例43岁女性,其胆汁淤积性疾病的临床病程进展缓慢且无进展,实验室异常呈间歇性出现。肝脏标本的组织学检查显示小叶间胆管缺失、周边胆小管大量增生且门脉区仅有轻微炎症反应。鉴于存在显微镜下非特异性慢性直肠炎、甲状腺功能减退以及血清中的抗核抗体,我们推测特发性成人胆管减少症可能是仅累及小胆管的原发性硬化性胆管炎的一种变异型。