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September 2012 Volume-9 Issue-9 [Supplement 9]
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September 2012 Volume-9 Issue-9 [Supplement 9]
(ISSN - 0973-0958)
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DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA

A 2½ years old boy presented incidentally detected hepatomegaly. His liver enzymes continued to be elevated for next 6 months. Liver biopsy showed mild early fibrosis with liver copper content of 21.2 µg/gm though 24 hours urine copper was high and there was no KF ring. Hepatocytes were PAS positive. In view of positive anti smooth muscle antibody, he was started on oral steroids to which his liver enzymes. However enzymes started to rise and a repeat liver biopsy showed same amount fibrosis without interface hepatitis. His antibodies to ANA, smooth muscle, LKM were all negative.

What is the cause of his chronic hepatitis?

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Do 2 or 3 episodes of seizures at the height of temperature in a day in the age group of 6 months to 6 years still be called typical febrile or atypical febrile seizures?

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Siva Saranappa S B, Madhu G N, Lakshmi V



This baby has macrocephaly, frontal bossing, depressed nasal bridge, funnel shaped chest with narrow thorax, protuberant abdomen and short limbs. Radiographic evaluation revealed long narrow thoracic cage, shortening of all the long bones, short ribs with wide cupped costo-chondral junction with short and small iliac bones and short tubular bones of the hands
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