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Aflatoxin Exposure May Contribute to Chronic Hepatomegaly in Kenyan School Children [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Presentation with a firm type of chronic hepatomegaly of multifactorial etiology is common among school-age children in sub-Saharan Africa.OBJECTIVE: Aflatoxin is a liver toxin and carcinogen contaminating staple maize food.
Yun Yun Gong +2 more
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Hepatic glycogenosis: a rare cause of hepatomegaly in Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Hepatomegaly, with or without abnormal liver function tests, was a common feature of both pediatric and adult patients with diabetes mellitus. We are reporting a case of a 16-year-old diabetic boy in whom we found hepatomegaly, mildly elevated ...
Ece Bober, , Atilla Buyukgebiz
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Hepatic glycogenosis: Reversible hepatomegaly in type 1 diabetes
Objective: To describe the aetiology, clinical features and appropriate treatment for hepatic glycogenosis in poorly controlled type 1 diabetes. Methods: A review of three adolescents with poor diabetes control, hepatomegaly and elevated serum liver ...
Craig F Munns
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe form of leishmaniasis caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Hepatomegaly is one of the most frequent clinical manifestations of VL, whereas immunopathology of the symptom has not been well ...
Kazuyuki Uchida +2 more
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Introduction: Knowledge of the size of the liver is an important factor in diagnosing liver disease. Hepatomegaly is a term used to describe a liver that is enlarged beyond its normal dimensions, and ultrasound is often a front line investigation in the ...
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A 27 year old man from Turkey presented with sudden onset epigastric pain that woke him from sleep. He had no other symptoms. On examination he had right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness and a palpable hepatomegaly of 10 cm below the right subcostal margin.
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A 27 year old man from Turkey presented with sudden onset epigastric pain that woke him from sleep. He had no other symptoms. On examination he had right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness and a palpable hepatomegaly of 10 cm below the right subcostal margin.
Dushan, Thavarajah +2 more
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Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC) is a fatal, autosomal recessive disorder, which causes excessive accumulation of free cholesterol in endolysosomes, resulting in progressive hepatomegaly and neurodegeneration.
Keiichi Motoyama +2 more
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