Liver | Volume 2, Issue 4

Calciphylaxis in a Patient With Alcoholic Cirrhosis

Ehsaan Akhtar, MD1, Dhavan A. Parikh, MD2, and Natalie J. Torok, MD2

ACG Case Rep J 2015;2(4):209-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.60. Published: July 9, 2015.

Calciphylaxis is a rare, life-threatening syndrome characterized by cutaneous ischemic necrosis secondary to vascular calcification. Calciphylaxis presents with tender violaceous skin mottling that progresses to blackened regions of eschar formation and non-healing ulceration, and can be associated with cirrhosis.

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The Wrong Side: A Rare Case of Wandering Liver in a 78-Year-Old Man

Dipti Sagar, MD, and Hilary Hertan, MD, FACG

ACG Case Rep J 2015;2(4):211-212. http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.61. Published: July 9, 2015.

Wandering liver, also called hepar ambulens, hepatoptosis, hepatic ectopia, and hepatocolonic vagrancy, is a rare entity where the liver moves freely from the right side of abdomen to the left. The liver of a 78-year-old man changed from the right side to the left side of the abdomen between imaging series.

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Autoimmune Hepatitis Triggered by Treatment With Pegylated Interferon α-2a and Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C

Chetan Rathi, MD, Nirav Pipaliya MD, Dhaval Choksi, MD, Pathik Parikh, MD, DM, Meghraj Ingle, MD, DNB, and Prabha Sawant, MD

ACG Case Rep J 2015;2(4):247-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.74. Published: July 9, 2015.

Hepatitis flare is rarely observed during treatment with pegylated interferon alpha for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A 49-year-old man receiving pegylated interferon α-2a for HCV infection had icterus and hyperbilirubinemia in the 14th week of therapy, and liver biopsy revealed autoimmune hepatitis.

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Hemolysis in Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis: Zieve’s Syndrome

Sandhya Shukla, MD1 and Michael Sitrin, MD2

ACG Case Rep J 2015;2(4):250-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.75. Published: July 9, 2015.

A 45-year-old man presented with acute alcoholic hepatitis, jaundice, and anemia, but no history of gastrointestinal blood loss. Lab studies revealed hemolysis as the cause of anemia. The patient was diagnosed with Zieve’s syndrome.

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