Glycogenosis type IV: liver transplant at 12 years

A Dhawan; K C Tan; B Portmann; A P Mowat

doi:10.1136/adc.71.5.450

Glycogenosis type IV: liver transplant at 12 years

Arch Dis Child. 1994 Nov;71(5):450-1. doi: 10.1136/adc.71.5.450.

Authors

A Dhawan¹, K C Tan, B Portmann, A P Mowat

Affiliation

¹ Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London.

Abstract

Hepatomegaly, the presenting feature of type IV glycogen storage disease at 20 months of age, regressed during childhood. The patient remained asymptomatic until 12 years of age when, after an episode of shock, septicaemia, and spontaneous peritonitis, liver transplantation was successfully performed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Follow-Up Studies
Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV / complications*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / etiology*
Liver Cirrhosis / surgery*
Liver Transplantation*
Male