Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 7
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A complex case of low-phospholipid-associated cholelithiasis syndrome

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6625/2019

Luísa Martins Figueiredo, Luis Lourenço, David Horta, Alexandra Martins,

Abstract
The low-phospholipid-associated cholelithiasis (LPAC) syndrome is a form of symptomatic and recurring cholelithiasis occurring in young adults, associated with mutations in the ABCB4 gene. It is a clinical syndrome characterized by at least two of the following criteria: age at onset of biliary symptoms below 40 years, intrahepatic echogenic foci or microlithiasis and recurrence of biliary symptoms after cholecystectomy. In the rare cases progressing to end-stage liver disease, a liver transplant may be indicated. We report a case of a 40-year-old female patient with clinical criteria for LPAC syndrome and with ABCB4 gene mutation. She had a complex history of choledocholithiasis recurrence despite treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid and multiple therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and she developed portal vein thrombosis.
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Publication history

Received: 14/09/2019

Accepted: 30/09/2019

Online First: 16/06/2020

Published: 08/07/2020

Article revision time: 4 days

Article Online First time: 276 days

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