Biliary rhabdomyosarcoma (BRMS) is an uncommon childhood malignancy which has been managed surgically. We present a case of a 3-year-old boy with BRMS, in whom endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was...
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Biliary rhabdomyosarcoma (BRMS) is an uncommon childhood malignancy which has been managed surgically. We present a case of a 3-year-old boy with BRMS, in whom endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was successfully used both diagnostically and therapeutically, thus obviating the need for surgery and its attendant risks of morbidity and mortality. We conclude that ERCP is an effective alternative to surgery for BRMS in some patients.
AIM:To investigate the progression of hepatic histopathology in serial liver biopsies from Wilson disease(WD)***:We report a group of 12 WD patients treated with zinc and/or penicillamine who underwent multiple follow...
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AIM:To investigate the progression of hepatic histopathology in serial liver biopsies from Wilson disease(WD)***:We report a group of 12 WD patients treated with zinc and/or penicillamine who underwent multiple follow-up liver ***,clinical and laboratory data were gathered and all patients underwent an initial biopsy and at least one repeat ***:Time to repeat biopsy ranged from 2 to 12 *** patients(non-progressors)showed stable hepatic histology or *** one case,we observed improvement of fibrosis from stage 2 to *** patients(progressors)had worsening of *** was no significant correlation between the histological findings and serum aminotransferases or copper me-tabolism *** hepatic copper concentration reached normal levels in only two patients:one from the non-progressors and one from the progressors *** estimated rate of progression of hepatic fibrosis in the entire group was 0 units per year in the time frame between the first and the second liver biopsy(4 years),and 0.25 between the second and the third(3 years).In the progressors group,the rate of progression of liver fibrosis was estimated at 0.11 fibrosis units per year between the first and second biopsy and,0.6 fibrosis units between the second and third ***:The inability of clinical tools to detect fibrosis progression in WD suggests that a liver biopsy with hepatic copper quantification every 3 years should be considered.
BACKGROUND Functioning farnesoid X receptor(FXR;encoded by NR1H4)is key to normal bile acid *** mutations in NR1H4 are reported in a few children with intrahepatic *** describe a boy with progressive familial intrahep...
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BACKGROUND Functioning farnesoid X receptor(FXR;encoded by NR1H4)is key to normal bile acid *** mutations in NR1H4 are reported in a few children with intrahepatic *** describe a boy with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis and homozygous mutation in *** SUMMARY A boy had severe neonatal cholestasis with moderate hypercholanemia and persistently elevated *** medical treatment,coagulopathy was uncontrollable,prompting liver transplantation at age 8 mo with incidental *** patient experienced catch-up growth with good liver function and did not develop allograft ***,1 year after transplant,he died from an acute infection,considered secondary to immunosuppression and asplenia.A homozygous protein-truncating mutation,c.547C>T,p.(Arg183Ter),was subsequently identified in NR1H4,and both parents were shown to be heterozygous *** of FXR and of bile salt export pump expression was confirmed by immunostaining of explanted *** Severe cholestasis with persistently high alpha-fetoprotein and modest elevation of serum bile acid levels may suggest FXR *** patients with FXR deficiency may not develop allograft steatosis and may respond well to liver transplantation.
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