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- Title
Biliary sepsis complication with congenital hepatic fibrosis: an unexpected outcome.
- Authors
Sun, Jiawei; Mi, Xiaoxiao; Ye, Xiaoying; ShenTu, Yiling; Liu, Chun; Tang, Dong; Yang, WenJun; Yang, Jie; Ye, Xiaoping; Ma, Xiaojie; Shi, Junping; Chen, Gongying; Gong, Ling
- Abstract
Background: CHF (Congenital hepatic fibrosis) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by periportal fibrosis and ductal plate malformation. Little is known about the clinical presentations and outcome in CHF patients with an extraordinary complication with biliary sepsis. Case summary: Our case described a 23-year-old female diagnosed as CHF combined with biliary sepsis. Her blood culture was positive for KP (Klebsiella pneumoniae), and with a high level of CA19-9 (> 1200.00 U/ml, ref: <37.00 U/ml). Meanwhile, her imaging examinations showed intrahepatic bile duct dilatation, portal hypertension, splenomegaly, and renal cysts. Liver pathology revealed periportal fibrosis and irregularly shaped proliferating bile ducts. Whole-exome sequencing identified two heterozygous missense variants c.3860T > G (p. V1287G) and c.9059T > C (p. L3020P) in PKHD1 gene. After biliary sepsis relieved, her liver function test was normal, and imaging examination results showed no significant difference with the results harvested during her biliary sepsis occurred. Conclusion: The diagnosis of CHF complicated with biliary sepsis in the patient was made. Severely biliary sepsis due to KP infection may not inevitably aggravate congential liver abnormality in young patients. Our case provides a good reference for timely treatment of CHF patients with biliary sepsis.
- Subjects
HEPATIC fibrosis; INTRAHEPATIC bile ducts; SEPSIS; CHOLANGITIS; GENETIC disorders; BILE ducts; FIBRODYSPLASIA ossificans progressiva
- Publication
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12879-023-08681-3