Dengue fever as a potential cause of sickle cell intrahepatic cholestasis: A report of two cases

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira,Leonardo Rodrigues de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Costa,Ana Laura Castro, Almeida,Paula Veloso, Zago,Luzia Beatriz Ribeiro, Silva,Vanessa Afonso da, Soares-Silva,Sheila
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822021000100724
• topic: Dengue; Sickle cell disease; Endothelial cells

Abstract Sickle cell intrahepatic cholestasis is a potentially fatal syndrome characterized by jaundice, painful hepatomegaly, and organ dysfunction. Two cases of sickle cell intrahepatic cholestasis associated with dengue fever were described. Endothelial damage/dysfunction is a mechanism involved in severe hepatobiliary complications related to sickle cell diseases. However, the reasons for the lack of increase in the admission of patients with sickle cell disease having severe acute hepatobiliary complications triggered by endothelial damage/dysfunction due to dengue fever remain unknown. This study describes the first association between sickle cell intrahepatic cholestasis and dengue fever.