Vanishing bile duct syndrome-related jaundice as the first presentation of Hodgkin lymphoma

Abstract

Vanishing bile duct syndrome is a rare, acquired disease that has been described in different pathologic conditions‚ including adverse drug reactions, autoimmune diseases, graft vs host disease, and neoplasms. It is a condition characterized by progressive loss of intrahepatic bile ducts leading to ductopenia and cholestasis.Here we report a 27-year-old female who presented with jaundice and cholestatic hepatitis and was finally diagnosed with vanishing Bile duct syndrome secondary to Hodgkin lymphoma.Physicians need to consider a range of differential diagnoses, especially malignancies, in suspected cases of vanishing bile duct syndrome.

Keywords

• Vanishing bile duct syndrome
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Cholestasis
• Ductopenia