Vanishing bile duct syndrome associated with chronic EBV infection

Dig Dis Sci. 2000 Jan;45(1):160-5. doi: 10.1023/a:1005434015863.

Abstract

We reported here an adult patient with vanishing bile duct syndrome due to chronic EBV infection. A 22-year-old male was admitted to a nearby hospital complaining of a sore throat and jaundice. He received a high dose of prednisolone for bile stasis of acute viral hepatitis. However, the hepatitis did not improve, and he was transferred to our hospital. He had exhibited jaundice for one year as well as hemophagocytic syndrome and intestinal perforation. Subtotal intestinal resection was successfully performed. Three follow-up biopsied liver specimens indicated vanishing bile duct syndrome. Positive results of EBV-DNA in his serum and mRNA of EBV by in situ hybridization of his liver indicated that massive doses of prednisolone caused chronic EBV infection and vanishing bile duct syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects
  • Bile Duct Diseases / etiology*
  • Bile Duct Diseases / pathology
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic* / pathology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prednisolone / adverse effects

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisolone