Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis in a Young Adult

Dr. Devanshee Shah; Dr. Pratik Akhani; Dr. Bhoomika Patel

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2018

Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis in a Young Adult

Dr. Devanshee Shah, Dr. Pratik Akhani, Dr. Bhoomika Patel

Abstract :

Benign Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholestasis (BRIC) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of cholestatic jaundice. The initial episode of jaundice generally occurs before second decade of life and can persist for several weeks before resolving spontaneously. It is a benign disease and even after repeated episodes of jaundice, fiosis of liver cell does not occur. We had a young adult patient who was having recurrent episodes of cholestatic jaundice with intervening symptom free period for last 5 years. He had first episode of jaundice at the age of sixteen and since then had several similar episodes. Diagnosis was made by classical clinical presentation and histopathological findings. We intend to report this case due to rarity of this disease in India