Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
• Fever, acute onset RUQ pain, jaundice and tender hepatomegaly
• Supportive with treatment of SCD crisis
Acute Hepatic sequestration:
• Acute onset RUQ pain, hepatomegaly and anemia
• Supportive with blood or exchange transfusion
Acute intrahepatic cholestasis:
• Fever, RUQ pain rapidly progressing to acute liver failure
• Supportive, exchange transfusion, correction of coagulopathy? Liver transplant
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