Dubin-Johnson syndrome

Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS) is a benign, inherited liver disorder characterized clinically by chronic, predominantly conjugated, hyperbilirubinemia and histopathologically by black-brown pigment deposition in parenchymal liver cells.

Acanthocytosis

Acanthocytosis is a type of poikilocytosis characterized by the presence of spikes on the cell surface. The cells have an irregular shape resembling many-pointed stars.


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Autopsy case of Dubin-Johnson syndrome with pneumonia and abetalipoproteinemia-like lipid profile.
Kaneko M, Ohni M, Sugiyama Y, Mizukawa S, Toba K, Sakamoto A, Hata Y.
J Atheroscler Thromb. 2006;13(3):158-61.
We report the autopsy of a 79-year-old Japanese woman with Dubin-Johnson syndrome accompanied by pneumonia, an abetalipoproteinemia-like lipid profile and acanthocytosis.