Alagille syndrome

A rare syndrome variably characterized by chronic cholestasis due to paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts, peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis, vertebrae segmentation anomalies, characteristic facies, posterior embryotoxon/anterior segment abnormalities, pigmentary retinopathy, and dysplastic kidneys.

Hyperbilirubinemia

An increased amount of bilirubin in the blood.


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PMID (PMCID)
25004954
(4109381)
 FEMALE Child
Pathological fracture of the femur in Alagille syndrome that was treated with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation and an Ilizarov ring fixator: a case report.
Nozaka K, Shimada Y, Miyakoshi N, Yamada S, Kasukawa Y, Noguchi A.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014;15:225.
A 9-year-old Japanese girl with Alagille syndrome was admitted to our institution with marked hyperbilirubinemia and a pathological fracture of the femur.