Liver Fibrosis Associated With Crigler–Najjar Syndrome in a Compound Heterozygote: A Case Report

Abstract

Crigler–Najjar syndrome is a hereditary unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Two forms of the disease are recognized. Type I is more severe and results in kernicterus if left untreated, and Type II is less severe and responds to phenobarbital. While Crigler–Najjar syndrome is thought by many to have normal liver histology, few reports of the liver pathology exist. Herein, we present a 19-year-old patient with Crigler–Najjar who underwent liver transplantation. The liver showed marked canalicular cholestasis with portal and variable, delicate, bridging fibrosis. Correlation of the patient’s genetic test results and clinical phenotype is presented.