title: [Cryptogenic hepatic cirrhosis in a 14 years old boy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Pediatrii, Alergologii i Gastroenterologii, Collegium Medicum, ul. M. Skolodowskiej - Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuczyńska
authors.forename: Sylwia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murawska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brazowski
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kupczyk
authors.forename: Mieczysława
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czerwionka-Szaflarska
mesh_terms: 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