Congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF) is a developmental disorder of the biliary system, characterized by defective remodeling of the ductal plate. Herein a family of three children, from consanguineous parents, with minor thalassemia is presented who suffered from congenital hepatic fibrosis (CHF). Prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment are necessary to avoid further complications in the affec...

This reports a family with congenital hepatic fibrosis and adult polycystic kidney disease. Adult polycystic kidney disease was present in three generations. In addition, congenital hepatic fibrosis occurred in two members of the third generation. These conditions are generally held to have different modes of inheritance and the significance of their occurrence together is not clear.

Congenital Hepatic fibrosis is an uncommon disease, which is autosomal recessive. Two forms of the disease are distinguished: a rare one becoming manifest in the neonatal period with signs of progressive renal failure secondary to polycystic kidneys, in such cases the liver fibrosis is usually asymptomatic, and the diagnosis is therefore often first established post mortem. In the other more us...

CONGENITAL hepatic fibrosis is an uncommon cause of portal hypertension and usually presents as alimentary bleeding in childhood or adolescence. The occurrence in more than one member of a family has been described (Kerr et al., 1961; Campbell et al., 1958). This report concerns four members of one family who have presented with clinical features attributable to congenital hepatic fibrosis. Pat...

An 8-year-old boy was admitted with slowly progressive distension of abdomen and fullness in upper abdomen of 9 months duration, and history of minor episodes of epistaxis for 7 months. There was no history of pain abdomen, jaundice, hematemesis, malena or any skin bleeds or hyperpigmentation. No umbilical catheterisation was done in the neonatal period. On tracing the pedigree no other family ...

During 10 years four patients with congenital hepatic fibrosis were seen in a general hospital in London; three presented in adult life. It is suggested that the condition may account for a larger proportion of patients with chronic liver disease than has been thought to be the case.

We report an otherwise healthy 32-year-old man with portal hypertension, variceal bleeding, and congenital hepatic fibrosis with ductal plate malformation. Genetic screening identified two TMEM67 mutations. Biallelic TMEM67 mutations are known to cause Joubert/Meckel syndrome or nephronopthisis with hepatic fibrosis, but have never been found in isolated hepatic fibrosis.

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is an exceedingly rare disease in China, where only very few cases with sufficient evidences and clinical data have been reported up to now. Here we reported a young patient, onset of hematemesis and melena, who had striking portal hypertension but without liver function damage. Computer tomography scans showed hepatosplenomegaly, intra-hepatic bile ducts dilation, t...

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is an uncommon fibrocystic disorder affecting the intrahepatic bile ducts. It has autosomal recessive inheritance. The main consequence of this condition is portal hypertension and it is often misdiagnosed as cirrhosis. Patients with congenital hepatic fibrosis usually present during childhood or early adolescence with oesophageal variceal bleeding. Portosystemic shu...