- 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 = D006933Rotor 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-itchingjaundice . There is a rise inbilirubin 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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