introduction extra-hepatic bile duct injuries in children following blunt abdominal trauma are rare; early diagnosis and treatment are imperative for a good outcome. the purpose of this report is to describe the management of problems encountered in children with bile duct injuries following blunt abdominal trauma. case presentation a three year-old girl presented with obstructive jaundice and ...

conclusions kd should be kept in mind as one of the causes of childhood acalculous cholestasis, abdominal discomfort and prolonged fever. case presentation we report a four-year-old boy with fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, jaundice and mild liver enlargement who gradually developed other signs of kd. he was treated by aspirin, intravenous immunoglobulin and finally methylprednisolone pulse the...

introduction: jaundice is one of the hospitalization causes in term and preterm infants. considering to the side effects of jaundice, the present study aimed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors associated with jaundice in neonates hospitalized in government hospitals in ilam. materials and methods: in a case - control study, 384 neonates were enrolled. all neonates hospitalized in mu...

Phototherapy has been widely used in treating neonatal jaundice, but detailed metabonomic profiles of neonatal jaundice patients and response to phototherapy have not been characterized. Our aim was to depict the serum metabolic characteristics of neonatal jaundice patients relative to controls and changes in response to phototherapy. A (1) H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabonomic a...

We describe an unusual presentation of Clonorchis sinensis infection with obstructive jaundice due to duodenal papillitis which was relieved dramatically by endoscopic sphincterotomy. A 26-yr-old male presented with complaints of fatigue, weight loss and painless jaundice. The history was significant for frequent ingestion of raw freshwater fish. The patient underwent endoscopic retrograde chol...