A case of obstructive jaundice.

A Case of Obstructive Jaundice

n 84-year-old woman presented with a 2-day history f jaundice, fever and abdominal pain. Physical examiation showed scleral icterus and right upper quadrant enderness without inspiratory arrest at palpation (absent urphy’s sign). Laboratory workup revealed leukocytosis 12.4 × 103 L), elevated C-reactive protein (8.3 mg/dL) nd cholestasis (bilirubin 5.4 mg/dL, alkaline phosphatase 893 U/L, gamma...

A case of obstructive jaundice due to abdominal aneurysm compression.

The authors have experienced a very rare case of obstructive jaundice resulting from direct compression of the region of the porta hepatis by an abdominal aneurysm developing below the renal artery, whose life was saved by an operation performed just before rupture of the aneurysm occurred. The case is reported.

Obstructive Jaundice

Obstructive Jaundice

Introduction Neonatal cholestasis is defined as prolonged elevation of serum levels of conjugated bilirubin beyond the first 14 days of life. Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia is usually physiologic, unconjugated, and self-limited. Only 2–15% of neonates remain jaundiced past 2 weeks of life, and just 0.2–0.4% have cholestatic jaundice from either intrahepatic cholestasis or structural abnormalities...

Multiple myeloma presenting clinically as obstructive jaundice: a case report.