Gilbert's syndrome coexisting with hereditary spherocytosis might not be rare: Six case reports

World Journal of Clinical Cases
Ling-Ling KangHou-De Zhang

Abstract

Both Gilbert's syndrome (GS) and hereditary spherocytosis (HS) are common genetic disorders. However, comorbidity of GS with HS has always been considered a rare phenomenon, and it can impede accurate diagnoses in the presence of isolated unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. In a study on Levitt's carbon monoxide (CO) breath test for the differential diagnosis of isolated hyperbilirubinemia, we found six GS patients with HS in 6 mo. The patients, including five males and one female, aged 25-58 years, were from four families and generally in good health. Their chronic fluctuating jaundice and/or hyperbilirubinemia had been diagnosed as simple constitutional jaundice for 6-30 years. Liver function tests showed isolated unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia with serum total bilirubin ranging from 20.7-75.4 μmol/L. Blood hemoglobin was normal in five cases, and slightly decreased in one (11.5 g/dL). Overt hemolytic signs were absent, while erythrocyte lifespan determined by the newly developed Levitt's CO breath test was significantly short (15-50 d), definitely demonstrating the presence of hemolysis. Given that their unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia compared inappropriately with hemolytic severity, as indicated by the hemoglobin level, furt...Continue Reading

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