Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 4
Case Report
Unusual presentation of Gilbert disease with high levels of unconjugated bilirubin. Report of two cases

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3719/2015

Eduardo Flores-Villalba, Carlos Rodriguez-Montalvo, Francisco Bosques-Padilla, Gabriela Arredondo-Saldaña, Tania Zertuche-Maldonado, Landy Torre-Flores,

Abstract
Gilbert’s syndrome is a benign condition characterized by asymptomatic sporadic episodes of jaundice, due to a mild unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia caused by a deficiency in bilirubin glucoronidation. Under certain physiologic or pathologic events bilirubin level rises but according to literature it does not reach out more than 3 mg/dl. We report 2 cases of Gilbert’s syndrome, genetically tested, which presented with bilirubin levels above 6mg/dl without any trigger or coexisting condition. In conclusion, bilirubin levels higher than 6 mg/dL in Gilbert syndrome are rare, hemolytic and other metabolism diseases must be ruled out, and genetic testing may be necessary in some cases.
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Flores-Villalba E, Rodriguez-Montalvo C, Bosques-Padilla F, Arredondo-Saldaña G, Zertuche-Maldonado T, Torre-Flores L, et all. Unusual presentation of Gilbert disease with high levels of unconjugated bilirubin. Report of two cases. 3719/2015


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Received: 04/02/2015

Accepted: 11/04/2015

Online First: 15/07/2015

Published: 01/04/2016

Article revision time: 65 days

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