During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was great relief with the global mass rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programs. While they have proven to be safe and effective, the gradual emergence of side effects to the vaccines has undermined public trust in the vaccination program and, whilst rare, can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. The most serious was the emergence of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT), also known as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) or vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT). VITT is a serious and often fatal complication of some COVID vaccines that seem more prevalent in younger people and women. We present a case of a 48-year-old woman who presented with VITT following COVID vaccination.
The vanishing bile duct syndrome (VBDS) is a condition secondary to inciting triggers resulting in destruction and eventual disappearance of intrahepatic bile ducts leading to cholestasis. The overall outcome varies and often depends on the nature of the precipitating cause. VBDS has been found to be associated with adverse drug reactions, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, ischemia, and humoral factors associated with malignancies and is often irreversible. The objective of this clinical case report is to highlight the need for a broad differential to include VBDS in similar scenarios to aid rapid diagnosis and management. We hope this could lead to a more favourable outcome for patients presenting with VBDS such as the one described in this case report with concurrent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and infection with hepatitis E virus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first ever reported case of VBDS associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and hepatitis E virus infection.
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