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.

Hepatitis

Inflammation of the liver.


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15565411
 MALE Middle Aged
Improvement of serum bilirubin levels after venesection in a patient with Dubin-Johnson syndrome and HCV-positive chronic liver disease.
Machida I, Wakusawa S, Hayashi H, Suzuki S, Yano M.
J Gastroenterol. 2004;39(9):896-9.
Iron-reduction therapy by venesection, an alternative to interferon, was performed in a 55-year-old male patient with Dubin-Johnson syndrome complicated by hepatitis C virus-positive chronic liver disease and hepatic iron overload.
15565411
 MALE Middle Aged
Improvement of serum bilirubin levels after venesection in a patient with Dubin-Johnson syndrome and HCV-positive chronic liver disease.
Machida I, Wakusawa S, Hayashi H, Suzuki S, Yano M.
J Gastroenterol. 2004;39(9):896-9.
In conclusion, deep jaundice in a patient with Dubin-Johnson syndrome complicated by hepatitis C virus-positive chronic liver disease and iron overload was partially improved by iron-reduction therapy.