Chronic hepatitis is a continuous inflammation of the liver that can lead to cirrhosis.
Features of chronic inflammation include raised transaminases for >6 months and histologic e...
Complete medical history including the following clinical signs and symptoms:
Use of medications, complementary or alternative medications, supplements, or IV drugs
Foreign travel
Histor...
General management
Maintaining growth and development is paramount.
Anthropometric parameters must be record...
Provide hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance with cirrhosis or diseases at high risk (tyrosinemia, GSD, etc.).
Obtaining an ultrasound scan of l...
Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D. Autoimmune hepatitis in children: what is different from adult AIH? Semin Liver Dis. 2009;29(3):297–306. [View Abstract on OvidInsights]
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571.40 Chronic hepatitis, unspecified
571.41 Chronic persistent hepatitis
070.9 Unspecified viral hepatitis without mention of hepatic coma
571.42 Autoimmune hepatitis
571.49 Other chronic hepat...
Q: What are the risks of providing very young patients with a liver transplant?
A: Lifetime risks of immunosuppression and rejection. Although transplant in the very young is more difficult, with t...
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Mild chronic hepatitis. A photomicrograph shows a portal tract infiltrated by mononuclear inflammatory cells. The lobular parenchyma is intact.
Mild chronic hepatitis. A photomicrograph shows a portal tract infiltrated by mononuclear inflammatory cells. The lobular parenchyma is in...
Severe chronic hepatitis. A photomicrograph discloses a mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate in an expanded portal tract. The inflammation penetrates the limiting plate and surrounds groups of hepatocytes on the border of the portal tract.
Severe chronic hepatitis. A photomicrograph discloses a mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate in an expanded portal tract. The inflammation ...
<bold>Fig GI 65-3 Fibrosis.</bold> Diffuse increased echogenicity of the liver secondary to chronic hepatitis.