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NEONATAL CHOLESTASIS. Gregory J. Semancik, M.D. Major, Medical Corps, U.S. Army Fellow, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Walter Reed Army Medical Center. OBJECTIVES. Know the differential diagnosis for neonatal cholestasis.
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NEONATAL CHOLESTASIS • Gregory J. Semancik, M.D. • Major, Medical Corps, U.S. Army • Fellow, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition • Walter Reed Army Medical Center
OBJECTIVES • Know the differential diagnosis for neonatal cholestasis. • Understand how to evaluate the neonate with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia. • Know the therapeutic management of neonates with cholestasis.
DEFINITION • Neonatal cholestasis is defined as conjugated hyperbilirubinemia developing within the first 90 days of extrauterine life. • Conjugated bilirubin exceeds 1.5 to 2.0 mg/dl. • Conjugated bilirubin generally exceeds 20% of the total bilirubin.
ETIOLOGIES • Basic distinction is between: • Extrahepatic etiologies • Intrahepatic etiologies
EXTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Extrahepatic biliary atresia • Choledochal cyst • Bile duct stenosis • Spontaneous perforation of the bile duct • Cholelithiasis • Inspissated bile/mucus plug • Extrinsic compression of the bile duct
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Idiopathic • Toxic • Genetic/Chromosomal • Infectious • Metabolic • Miscellaneous
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Idiopathic Neonatal Hepatitis • Toxic • TPN-associated cholestasis • Drug-induced cholestasis • Genetic/Chromosomal • Trisomy 18 • Trisomy 21
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Infectious • Bacterial sepsis (E. coli, Listeriosis, Staph. aureus) • TORCHES • Hepatitis B and C • Varicella • Coxsackie virus • Echo virus • Tuberculosis
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Metabolic • Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism • Galactosemia • Fructosemia • Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV • Disorders of Amino Acid Metabolism • Tyrosinemia • Hypermethioninemia
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Metabolic (cont.) • Disorders of Lipid Metabolism • Niemann-Pick disease • Wolman disease • Gaucher disease • Cholesterol ester storage disease • Disorders of Bile Acid Metabolism • 3B-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase • Trihydroxycoprostanic acidemia
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Metabolic (cont.) • Peroxisomal Disorders • Zellweger syndrome • Adrenoleukodystrophy • Endocrine Disorders • Hypothyroidism • Idiopathic hypopituitarism
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Metabolic (cont.) • Miscellaneous Metabolic Disorders • Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency • Cystic fibrosis • Neonatal iron storage disease • North American Indian cholestasis
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Miscellaneous • Arteriohepatic dysplasia (Alagille syndrome) • Nonsyndromic paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts • Caroli’s disease • Byler’s disease • Congenital hepatic fibrosis
INTRAHEPATIC ETIOLOGIES • Miscellaneous (cont.) • Familial benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis • Hereditary cholestasis with lymphedema (Aagenaes) • Histiocytosis X • Shock • Neonatal lupus
COMMON ETIOLOGIES • Premature infants • Sepsis/Acidosis • TPN-associated • Drug-induced • Idiopathic neonatal hepatitis • Extrahepatic biliary atresia • Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency • Intrahepatic cholestasis syndromes
CLINICAL PRESENTATION • Jaundice • Scleral icterus • Hepatomegaly • Acholic stools • Dark urine • Other signs and symptoms depend on specific disease process
GOALS OF TIMELY EVALUATION • Diagnose and treat known medical and/or life-threatening conditions. • Identify disorders amenable to surgical therapy within an appropriate time-frame. • Avoid surgical intervention in intrahepatic diseases.
EVALUATION • Basic evaluation • History and physical examination (includes exam of stool color) • CBC and reticulocyte count • Electrolytes, BUN, creatinine, calcium, phosphate • SGOT, SGPT, GGT, alkaline phosphatase • Total and direct bilirubin • Total protein, albumin, cholesterol, PT/PTT
EVALUATION • Tests for infectious causes • Indicated cultures of blood, urine, CSF • TORCH titers, RPR/VDRL • Urine for CMV • Hepatitis B and C serology • Ophthalmologic examination
EVALUATION • Metabolic work-up • Protein electrophoresis, alpha-1-antitrypsin level and phenotype • Thyroid function tests • Sweat chloride • Urine/serum amino acids • Review results of newborn metabolic screen • Urine reducing substances • Urine bile acids
EVALUATION • Radiological evaluation • Ultrasonography • Patient should be NPO to increase likelihood of visualizing the gallbladder • Feeding with exam may demonstrate a functioning gallbladder • Hepatobiliary scintigraphy • Premedicate with phenobarbital 5mg/kg/d for 3-5 days
EVALUATION • Invasive studies • Duodenal intubation • Percutaneous liver biopsy • Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) • Exploratory laparotomy with intraoperative cholangiogram
EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY ATRESIA • Generally acholic stools with onset at about 2 weeks-old • Average birth weight • Hepatomegaly with firm to hard consistency • Female predominance • No well-documented familial cases
EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY ATRESIA • Increased incidence of polysplenia syndrome and intra-abdominal vascular anomalies • Normal uptake on radionucleotide scan with absent excretion • Biopsy shows bile duct proliferation, bile plugs, portal or perilobular fibrosis and edema, and intact lobular structure
IDIOPATHIC NEONATAL HEPATITIS • Generally normal stools or acholic stools with onset at one month-old • Low birth weight • Normal liver on exam or hepatomegaly with normal to firm consistency • Male predominance • Familial cases (15-20%)
IDIOPATHIC NEONATAL HEPATITIS • Impaired uptake on radionucleotide scan with normal excretion • Biopsy shows intralobular inflammation with focal hepatocellular necrosis and disruption of the hepatic architecture. No alteration of the bile ducts. Giant cell transformation occurs but is non-specific.
ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY • Alpha-1-antitrypsin makes up 90% of alpha-1-globulin fraction • Associated with PiZZ (about 10-20% will have liver disease) and rarely with PiSZ and PiZ-null phenotypes • Biopsy shows hepatocellular edema, giant cell transformation, necrosis, and pseudoacinar transformation.
ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY • Biopsy also shows accumulation of PAS-positive, diastase-resistant globules in the cytoplasm of periportal hepatocytes. • Varying degrees of fibrosis correlate with disease prognosis.
INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS SYNDROMES • Includes several diagnostic entities. • Biopsies show cholestasis. May show paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts, giant cell transformation, and/or fibrosis.
TREATMENT • Surgical • Kasai procedure for biliary atresia • Limited bile duct resection and re-anastomosis • Choledochal cyst excision • Cholecystectomy • Liver transplantation
KASAI PROCEDURE • Performed for biliary atresia that is not surgically correctable with excision of a distal atretic segment. • Roux-en-Y portoenterostomy • Bile flow re-established in 80-90% if performed prior to 8 weeks-old. • Bile flow re-established in less than 20% if performed after 12 weeks-old
KASAI PROCEDURE • Success of the operation is dependent on the presence and size of ductal remnants, the extent of the intrahepatic disease, and the experience of the surgeon. • Complications are ascending cholangitis and reobstruction as well as failure to re-establish bile flow.
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION • Survival rates approach 80% at 1 year and 70% at 5 years. • Biliary atresia is the most common indication for transplant and may be the initial treatment when detected late or may be used as a salvage procedure for a failed Kasai. • Used early in cases of tyrosinemia.
TREATMENT • Medical management • Nutritional support • Treatment of pruritus • Choleretics and bile acid-binders • Management of portal hypertension and its consequences
TREATMENT • Nutritional support • Adequate calories and protein • Supplement calories with medium chain triglycerides • Maintain levels of essential long-chain fatty acids • Treatment and/or prophylaxis for fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies (vitamins A, D, E, and K)
TREATMENT • Nutritional support (cont.) • Supplemental calcium and phosphate when bone disease is present • Prophylaxis for zinc deficiency • Low-copper diet as poorly excreted • Sodium restriction when ascites present
TREATMENT • Treatment of pruritus • Bile acid-binders: cholestyramine, cholestipol • Ursodeoxycholic acid • Phenobarbital as a choleretic • Naloxone • Rifampin
TREATMENT • Management of portal hypertension and its consequences • Variceal bleeding • Fluid rescuscitation • Blood products • Sclerotherapy • Balloon tamponade • Portovenous shunting • Propanolol
TREATMENT • Management of portal hypertension and its consequences (cont.) • Ascites • Sodium restriction • Diuretics: spironolactone, furosemide • Albumin • Paracentesis • Thrombocytopoenia managed with platelet infusions when clinically indicated