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Question of the Week

Q. A Child under 10 years with recurrent abdominal pain around the umbilicus. All investigations are normal. Can we try anti-Helicobacter drug combinations in these children, as endoscopy is not feasible, or what else can be done when USG, stool urine is found negative?

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Teaching Files/ Grand Rounds

A 6-year-old male suffering from Budd-Chiari syndrome diagnosed at 5 months of age with a block in two hepatic veins and one block in inferior vena cava (IVC) in December 2020, was lost to follow up for the last three years. He presented in July 2025 ...

Why is Hepatopulmonary Syndrome a frequent complication of Budd-Chiari Syndrome?

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Diagnostic Dilemma

A 2½ months old girl, first born of non consanguineous marriage presented with multifocal convulsions since 20 days. There was no fever, altered sensorium, focal neurological deficits or epilepsy in family. She was treated with valproate but seizures persisted. She was born at 8½ months of gestation ...

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