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COMMON CAUSES OF LIVER DISEASES AMONG CHILDREN ACCORDING TO LIVER BIOPSIES

Zarnab Khalid, Muhammad Zaeem Khalid, Dr. Amna Mumtaz

Objectives: There is comprised of pathology of diseases of liver among children as compared to the adults. This research work reviewed the information gathered from liver biopsies, as well as other supplementary examination for the determination of frequent reasons of liver diseases in children of our region. Methodology: There were total 80 performed liver biopsies from June 2016 to March 2019 for the identification of various diseases associated with the liver among children at the Pediatric Unit of General Hospital, Lahore with addition of other supplementary tests according to the requirement. Results: Different kinds of the inborn errors which were congenital for metabolism made the main proportion of the liver complications in the studied population (41.0%), followed by different kinds of the congenital familial intra-hepatic cholestasis. Auto-immune hepatitis was responsible for 7.50% patients and it was very common diagnosed in the patients having more than 2 years of age. Conclusion: Biopsies of liver with the guidance of ultrasound is very secure method. We took the suitable sample of biopsy with the usage of spring loaded needles. Hereditary, familial reasons for the diseases of liver were much frequent, which required struggles for identification and treatment of such complicate disease which can lead to high rate of mortality. Key Words: Biopsy, ultrasound, supplementary, methodology, determination, diagnosis.

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