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Suggest Treatment For Discrete Hepatomegaly
Hello,one child of 6 months have recurrent fevers since 3 months. The Cultures of urine, blood and stool back repeatedly negative. LDH was 554 (228 - 456) and SGOT to 102 (total and direct bilirubin normal. Beside this the child is normal except for a discrete hepatomegaly. What are your diagnostic hypothesis?
Thu, 22 Feb 2018
HI...with recurrent fever and mildly elevated LDH and other liver enzymes, if the kid is otherwise well in-between fever episodes I would consider recurrent viral illness. But keep the kid under follow up please.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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