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Admin:
What is the differential diagnosis of unilateral jaundice?
What is the mechanism of each?

Thnx

dr-awale:
What is unilateral Jaundice?

It is seen :
1) In patients with hemiplegia.
2) In the presence of unilateral oedema.
Paralysed extremely and oedematous areas tend to remain less coloured as good circulation is necessary to stain the tissues.

Admin:
Well done

What is the mechanism in case of hemiplegia?

Rayaan2:
if i try 2 do my best i would say patient with obstruction of the left hepatic duct and partial obstruction of the right hepatic duct by tumour. Adequate drainage of bile from the right hepatic duct through a T-tube was relatively ineffective in relieving the jaundice. On the other hand, resection of the obstructed left lobe resulted in the disappearance of icterus also hepatic lobectomy my releive The basic mechanism involved in the production of jaundice under these circumstances is incompletely understood

Admin:
Rayaan, welcome to SomaliDoc.

My questions was: what is the mechanism of unilateral jaundice in hemiplegic patient apart from odema?

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