title: [Diagnosis of jaundices in tropical practice (author's transl)].
abstract: Diagnosis of jaundices in tropical medicine complies with the same rules as in Europe. Some etiologies occur more frequently than in Europe; others, specific to tropical areas require peculiar investigations. Most jaundices observed overseas are hemolytic or hepatitic. Their diagnosis is generally easy. However, chronic viral hepatitis, a frequent infection, requires liver needle-biopsy for a valid diagnosis. The diagnosis of cholestatic jaundice must be conducted in a systematic fashion: if abdominal echotomography is not available, laparoscopy with or without liver needle-biopsy and percutaneous lateral transhepatic cholangiography (OKU-DA's technique) are easily performed in tropical countries and give a certain diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000175:diagnosis; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006461:Hemolysis; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D014330:Tropical Medicine
vernacular_title: Le diagnostic des ictères en pathologie tropicale.