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Aboubacar Dit Tietie Bissan1, Amadou Diawara2, Raoul Karfo3, Aboubakre Teguete2, Oumar Tangara2, Alpha Guindo2, Fatoumata Maïga2, Etienne Algiman2.
Abstract
Serum protein electrophoresis is of certain diagnostic interest. We report a case of unusual electrophoresis associated with cholestatic jaundice complicating a cholangiocarcinoma. The study involved a 55-year old patient hospitalized for the exploration of cholestatic jaundice. Capillary electrophoresis showed bisalbuminemia diagnosed based on the thickening of the bottom of the albumin peak and a supernumerary peak X. Second electrophoresis with Hydragel showed the disappearance of the two above abnormalities which was the proof that bisalbuminemia was acquired and of the lipidic nature of the Pic X. In our case, the most likely cause was the presence of interfering substances such as free bilirubin (hyperbilirubinemia), lipids (hyperlipidaemia) and bile acids. Bisalbuminemia in a patient with similar electrophoretic picture should suggest the search for underlying diseases. © Aboubacar Dit Tietie Bissan et al.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32637015 PMCID: PMC7320780 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.117.20616
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1Électrophorèse des protéines sériques objectivant l'épaississement de la base du pic d'albumine et le pic surnuméraire X
Figure 2Électrophorèse des protéines sériques sur gel d'agarose (HYDRASYS, SEBIA): A) électrophorégramme obtenu par analyse densitométrique du gel coloré et séché; B) électrophorèse sur gel d'agarose