title: Congenital hepatic fibrosis: a very uncommon cause of pancytopenia in children.
abstract: The disease presentation of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (OMIM #263200, ARPKD) is highly variable and includes polycystic kidneys, pulmonary hypoplasia, and congenital hepatic fibrosis. The authors report an unusual case of ARPKD presenting with hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenia mimicking acute leukemia.
authors.affiliation: Onco Ematologia Pediatrica, Ospedale dei Bambini G. Di Cristina, Palermo, Italy. triznino@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trizzino
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farruggia
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tropia
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benigno
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tarantino
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di       Marco
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aricò
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000151:congenital*; D008297:Male; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017044:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed