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Clinical image report of acute Cholangitis in Beta‐thalassemia major

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submitted on 2023-03-15, 08:02 and posted on 2023-03-16, 06:21 authored by Waail Rozi, Ibrahim Khamees, Mohamed A. Yassin

Beta-thalassemia is congenital red blood cell disorder. Gallstones is a recognized complication due to recurrent hemolysis. Acute cholangitis is a rare complication might occur in patient with beta-thalassemia. We report a case of acute cholangitis in patient with beta-thalassemia with Gilbert syndrome. We present a case of a young female of Arabic descent with acute abdomen. Workup revealed acute cholangitis with gallstones in the common bile duct. The ERCP was used to extract the stones than cholecystectomy.

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Published in: Clinical Case Reports
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5705

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Language

  • English

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Year

  • 2022

Institution affiliated with

  • Hamad Medical Corporation

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