Long-Term Therapy of a Patient with Summerskill-Walshe-Tygstrup Syndrome by Applying Prometheus® Liver Dialysis: A Case Report

Long-Term Therapy of a Patient with Summerskill-Walshe-Tygstrup Syndrome by Applying Prometheus® Liver Dialysis: A Case Report

Summerskill-Walshe-Tygstrup syndrome is a rare benign chronic liver disease characterized by recurring cholestasis with jaundice and severe pruritus. Due to insufficient conservative treatment, liver dialysis by Prometheus® was applied to a 45-year-old female patient with resistant pruritus. Initial...

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Main Authors: Mikolaj Walensi, Ali Canbay, Oliver Witzke, Guido Gerken, Alisan Kahraman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
Cholestasis
Prometheus® dialysis
Summerskill-Walshe-Tygstrup syndrome
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/342348

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