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Icterus and Xanthomatosis
Author(s) -
SVENDSEN HARALD MORTEN
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1959.tb16032.x
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , viral hepatitis , hepatitis , pediatrics , liver disease , surgery
Summary The clinical course of a two and a half year old boy with icterus, hepatomegaly, xanthomatosis and marked elevation of the serum lipids is described. In the process this disease, these clinical and biochemical signs slowly disappeared and the patient seems to have regained complete health. The diagnostic problems are discussed. It is concluded that the patient suffered from a primary liver disease, most likely viral hepatitis of the cholangitic type, with development of secondary xan thomatosis.