title: [Hypoplasia of the intrahepatic biliary tract in premature infants].
abstract: Neonatal cholestatic disturbances are frequent in premature neonates. An important role in the group of causes which may induce cholestasis is that of hypoplasia of the intrahepatic biliary pathways. Ten cases are described, of prematurely born infants with hypoplasia of the intrahepatic biliary pathways. The children had 980-1,900 g at birth. The diagnosis was made on the basis of the clinical picture, of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, and of the necropsy findings in 7 of the cases. The incidence and the lethality were high in very small premature infants, in whom compensation responses of the hepatic tissue are rather a particular case. In all the cases the authors noted the presence of malabsorption syndromes, of atrophic enteritis, and a defect in the growth rate.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hurgoiu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Florescu
mesh_terms: D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Hipoplazie de căi biliare intrahepatice la prematuri.