Synonym(s)
Flavinicterus
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Universal saturation of the tissues with dissolved bile dyes at a serum bilirubin level of at least 1 mg%. Recognizable first by the conjunctiva and soft palate. A distinction is made between:
- Flavinicterus (haemolytic icterus): Straw-yellow flavinic colour in cases of haemolytic anaemia or other massive erythrocyte breakdown.
- Haemolytic familial icterus: Minkowski-Chauffard-Gänsslen syndrome.
- Melas icterus: Dirty dark green colour in cachectic cirrhosis of the liver or liver tumour patients.
- Ruby icterus: Intense yellow-red colour in hepatocellular icterus (diffuse hepatitis).
- Verdin icterus = occlusive icterus: Greenish shade in mechanical obstruction of the bile ducts, often pruritus.
- Zieve syndrome: alcohol-induced icterus with hyperlipidemia and haemolytic anaemia.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Treatment of the respective underlying disease.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Vogl A et al (2005) Skin and alcohol. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 3: 788-790
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