Introduction: Indian childhood cirrhosis is a chronic liver disease usually seen in paediatric age group and is unique to the Indian subcontinent. The definitive causative factor for the disease is not found till now but excess copper ingestion has been associated with it.Case presentation: An Indian origin one and half year old premorbidly normal male child presented with history of gradual di...

congenital generalized lipodystrophy (cgl) is a rare and progressive disorder (1 in 12 milion). common clinical manifestations are lipoatrophy, acromegaloid feature, acanthosis nigricans, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus or abnormal glucose tolerance test.â rarely fatty liver and cirrhosis is seen. the highest number reported in literature is 8 cases from brazil and 6 cases from scandinavia, r...

BACKGROUND Patients with liver cirrhosis are at increased risk of serious bacterial infections carrying a high case fatality rate. Case reports have suggested an association between liver cirrhosis and pyogenic liver abscess. AIMS To estimate the risk and case fatality rate of pyogenic liver abscess in Danish patients with liver cirrhosis compared with the background population. METHODS Ide...

Background: In the past 20 years, a dramatic improvement in the prognosis of patients with hepatoblastoma (HB)has been achieved by combining surgery and chemotherapy in several national and international trials.Materials and Methods: Four children ( 3 girl and 1 boy) aged 34 days, 4 months, 13 months, and 1 year with meanage of 6.53 (±5.15) months were presented to our center from 2002 to 2009 ...

Background: Cellulitis is often a recurring infection resulting in hospitalizations. In patients with cirrhosis, gram-negative bacilli may be causative. Methods: Retrospective chart review of patients admitted to a dedicated Liver Unit in a tertiary referral center. Risk factors, characteristics and antibiotic treatment of patients with cirrhosis and edema complicated by cellulitis were compare...

conclusions in this patient, traditional medicine treatment improved the patient's general well-being, hematopoiesis and portal hypertension. furthermore, it improved his quality of life, although it had no effect on his liver function. we recommend more clinical trials on therapeutic effects of iranian traditional medicine on cryptogenic cirrhosis. introduction there are several disorders that...

To gain a clearer understanding of the rate of progression to cirrhosis and its determinants in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a systematic review of published epidemiologic studies that incorporated assessment for cirrhosis has been undertaken. Inclusion criteria were more than 20 cases of chronic HCV infection, and information on either age of subjects or duration of infection. Of...