Rotor syndrome

Rotor syndrome

Infobox_Disease
Name = PAGENAME


Caption = Bilirubin
DiseasesDB = 11671
ICD10 = ICD10|E|80|6|e|70
ICD9 = ICD9|277.4
ICDO =
OMIM = 237450
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj =
eMedicineTopic =
MeshID = D006933

Rotor syndrome is a rare, relatively benign autosomal recessive bilirubin disorder of unknown origin.

Presentation

It has many things in common with Dubin-Johnson syndrome except that in Rotor Syndrome, the liver cells are not pigmented. The main symptom is a non-itching jaundice. There is a rise in bilirubin in the patient's serum, mainly of the conjugated type.

It can be differentiated from Dubin-Johnson syndrome in the following ways:

Eponym

Rotor syndrome is named after the Filipino internist, Arturo Belleza Rotor (1907-1988). [WhoNamedIt|synd|2296]

See also

* Jaundice
* Bilirubin metabolism
* Dubin-Johnson syndrome
* Gilbert syndrome
* Crigler-Najjar syndrome

References

External links

*eMedicine|med|1065|Hyperbilirubinemia, Conjugated
*RareDiseases|218|Rotor syndrome
* Mentioned in MedlinePlus|003243|Jaundice - yellow skin


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