Background <p>Xanthomatosis as a metabolic disorder, is rare in children, especially in those who have undergone biliary atresia surgery.</p> Case presentation <p>The patient was a 1-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was a male infant from China with East Asian ethnicity and diagnosed with Xanthomatosis after biliary atresia surgery. After systematic low fat, cholesterol-restricted diet and rational anti-inflammatory treatment for reflux cholangitis, the child's symptoms were controlled.</p> Conclusions <p>Reflux cholangitis after biliary atresia may contribute to metabolic changes associated with xanthoma development.</p>

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Xanthomatosis in a child following biliary atresia surgery: a case report

  • Rongkun Zhu,
  • Yao Liu,
  • Hanqi Zhang,
  • Chunmei Bing,
  • Qian Dong,
  • Xiwei Hao

摘要

Background

Xanthomatosis as a metabolic disorder, is rare in children, especially in those who have undergone biliary atresia surgery.

Case presentation

The patient was a 1-and-a-half-year-old boy, who was a male infant from China with East Asian ethnicity and diagnosed with Xanthomatosis after biliary atresia surgery. After systematic low fat, cholesterol-restricted diet and rational anti-inflammatory treatment for reflux cholangitis, the child's symptoms were controlled.

Conclusions

Reflux cholangitis after biliary atresia may contribute to metabolic changes associated with xanthoma development.