Secondary sclerosing cholangitis as cause of persistent jaundice in patients with severe COVID-19.

Simon BütikoferDaniela LenggenhagerPedro D Wendel GarciaEwerton M MaggioMartina HabereckerCäcilia S ReinerGregor BrüllmannPhilipp K BuehlerChristoph GublerBeat MüllhauptChristoph JüngstBernhard Morell

Published in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2021)

The development of SSC represents an important complication of critically ill COVID-19 patients and needs to be considered in the diagnostic work up in prolonged cholestasis. The occurrence of SSC is of interest in the ongoing pandemic since it is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.

Keyphrases

sars cov
coronavirus disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
drug induced
risk assessment
early onset