Autoimmune hepatitis-primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome in a 10-year-old girl with ulcerative colitis.
10.3345/kjp.2009.52.4.504
- Author:
Jeana HONG
1
;
Mi Kyoung SONG
;
Jae Sung KO
;
Gyeong Hoon KANG
;
Woo Sun KIM
;
Jeong Kee SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jkseo@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Autoimmune Hepatitis;
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis;
Overlap Syndrome;
Ulcerative Colitis;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- MeSH:
Autoimmune Diseases;
Child;
Cholangitis, Sclerosing;
Colitis, Ulcerative;
Hepatitis, Autoimmune;
Humans;
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases;
Liver;
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary;
Liver Diseases;
Ulcer
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2009;52(4):504-507
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) are chronic autoimmune liver diseases. Overlap syndrome is defined as a condition in which the clinical, biochemical, and histological features of these autoimmune diseases are overlapped. Thus, it is difficult to appreciate overlap syndrome as an actual diagnostic entity. Only a few cases of the overlap syndrome of AIH and PSC have been reported, especially in children. Moreover, PSC is known to be the most frequent liver disorder associated with inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis. We report one case of AIH-PSC overlap syndrome in a child who was diagnosed as having ulcerative colitis.
