Cryptogenic Cirrhosis, an ambiguity of a diagnosis: A case report of progressive Cirrhosis of undetermined cause
https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.1747
- Author:
Alvin Oliver Payus
1
;
Justin Leow Wen Hsiang
2
;
Ong Hui Yun
3
;
Neeraj Vinayakumar
4
Author Information
1. Medicine Based Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
2. General Medicine Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 3A Jalan Penampang, 88200 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
3. General Medicine Department, Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital, 225 Bandar Amanjaya, 08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia
4. Department of Medicine, Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama Charitable Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, 695011, Kerala, India
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Chronic liver disease
- MeSH:
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease;
Cirrhosis, Cryptogenic
- From:
Acta Medica Philippina
2022;56(7):86-90
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cirrhosis is the result of chronic liver disease due to a variety of causes. It is deemed to be cryptogenic when the leading cause cannot be identified despite extensive laboratory, radiological and pathological investigations. The prevalence of cryptogenic cirrhosis diagnosis has been dramatically reduced in recent years due to the advanced achievement in diagnostic medicine, whereby it is attributed to only about less than 5% of cirrhosis cases. Here, we present a case of a 16-year-old boy with nonsignificant family history, was not taking any regular medication, and presented with progressive intermittent jaundice for a few years due to liver cirrhosis. Although an extensive investigation has been done, the etiology of the cirrhotic liver was still unknown. He had no features to support nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. He was in Child’s Grade B and prophylactically treated with a regular dose of propranolol to prevent portal hypertension complication while waiting for a liver transplant. This case report served the objective of showing that despite the advances in medical diagnostic techniques, cryptogenic cirrhosis is still used as a diagnosis in cases of chronic liver disease of unknown etiology.
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