[Cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis in a 14 years old boy].
Alcoholism is the main etiological factor of hepatic cirrhosis among adults whereas among children the following pathologies lead to hepatic cirrhosis: bile ducts disease (atresia or hypoplasia of bile ducts, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis), metabolic disorders (tyrosinemia, hemochromatosis, galactosemia, alpha1 - antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson's disease), chronic viral hepatitis B, delta, C, autoimmune hepatitis. Despite the availability of modern diagnostic methods scanty clinical symptomatology may be a cause of late diagnosis, often in the stage of complications. Presented case of a 14 years old boy is an example of late diagnosis of cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis.
Kuczyńska
Renata
R
Katedra i Klinika Pediatrii, Alergologii i Gastroenterologii, Collegium Medicum, ul. M. Skolodowskiej - Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Murawska
Sylwia
S
Brazowski
Jerzy
J
Kupczyk
Wojciech
W
Czerwionka-Szaflarska
Mieczysława
M
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male