Chagas disease Tumors (e.g., leiomyoma, Hodgkin’s disease, gastric carcinoma; “pseudoachalasia”) Sarcoidosis Hereditary cerebellar ataxia Eosinophilic esophagitis Hirschsprung’s disease Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b Miscellaneous (e.g., juvenile…
Idiopathic Genetic • PRSS1 • CFTR • SPINK1 • CTRC • CPA1 • CEL Drugs (l-asparaginase, valproate, metronidazole, azathioprine, tetracycline, pentamidine, etc.) • Metabolic disease • Hyperlipidemia • Hypercalcemia •…
Fig. 59.1 a, b Xanthomas on the hands of a child with Alagille syndrome The natural history of the liver disease in ALGS has a unique course. For those children…
Fig. 18.1 Pathway of malnutrition and gastrointestinal disorders in children with HIV infection. A complex interplay exists among these conditions. (Reprinted from [3] with permission) Since the beginning of AIDS…
Obstructive Infectious Biliary atresia Congenital TORCH infection: Choledochal cyst Toxoplasmosis Syndromic and nonsyndromic paucity of interlobular bile ducts Cytomegalovirus Rubella Inspissated bile syndrome Herpes virus Caroli’s disease/congenital hepatic fibrosis HIV…
Glucose-6-phosphatase Adrenal insufficiency Familial hypoparathyroidism Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus Mauriac’s syndrome Familial cholestatic syndrome Anorexia nervosa Severe malnutrition Atopic dermatitis Keratitis–ichthyosis–deafness (KID) syndrome Fucosidosis Pseudohypoaldosteronism Patients undergoing prostaglandin infusions Hyperchlorhidrosis caused…
Established Probable Possible in selected children Rotavirus Torovirus HIV Norovirus Aichi virus enterovirus 22 Cytomegalovirus Adenovirus Epstein–Barr virus picobirnavirus Astrovirus The viruses most frequently responsible for acute gastroenteritis in children…
Inborn errors of metabolism Crigler–Najjar syndrome type 1 Familial hypercholesterolaemia FVII deficiency Glycogen storage disease type I Infantile Refsum’s disease Progressive familial intra-hepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2) Urea cycle defects…
Fig. 28.1 Pathogenetic mechanisms of inflammatory bowel diseases Epidemiology Although IBD can occur at any age, up to 25 % of patients develop symptoms during childhood and adolescence [1, 2]….
Fig. 44.1 Global prevalence of stunting and underweight in children under 5 years of age [3] CEE Central and Eastern Europe, CIS Commonwealth of Independent States Deficiencies of essential vitamins…
