وثيقة
Pattern of chronic liver disease in Omani children - a clinicopathological review.
المعرف
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i2.28111
المصدر
West African Journal of Medicine. v. 23, 2, p. 162-166
المساهمون
الدولة
Nigeria.
مكان النشر
Abuja
الناشر
West African Journal of Medicine.
ميلادي
2004-04-01
اللغة
الأنجليزية
الملخص الإنجليزي
Objective: To determine the pattern of chronic liver disease in Omani children. Study Design: Seventy six children {43M:33F} aged 4 days to 10 years, referred to the Paediatric Gastroenterology clinic of the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, between 1995-2000 for evaluation of liver disease were studied. Liver biopsies were performed in all and tissues obtained processed and examined for histological lesions. Result: The main histological diagnoses were neonatal hepatitis (22) biliary atresia (9) biliary hypoplasia (7), cirrhosis (7) and congenital hepatic fibrosis (5). Hepatomegaly with or without jaundice was the indication for liver biopsy in the majority of patients studied. Conclusion: The study has provided background information on the occurrence of specific liver diseases in Omani children. Neonatal hepatitis syndrome was the most common diagnosis before the age of 2 years.
ISSN
0189-160X
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