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A 5½ month old girl with ascites

Authors :
Luthfun Nahar
A. S. M. Bazlul Karim
Md. Wahiduzzaman Mazumder
Zannatul Ferdous Sonia
Source :
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, 2018.

Abstract

A 5½ month old girl, 2nd issue of non-consanguineous parents from Jamalpur immunized as per EPI schedule, presented at the outpatient department with the history of abdominal distension since 2 months of her age which gradually increased day by day (Figure 1). She also had a history of fever for 1 month which was low-grade, intermittent in nature but not documented and subsided after taking antipyretic. She had no history of cough, contact with tuberculosis patient, jaundice, pale stool, diarrhea, scanty micturition, abdominal trauma or any history of surgery. Her elder brother was healthy and there was no family history of such type illness.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20742908 and 22247750
Volume :
11
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.63c4b4fd2bf46a4a0fbe76935281e01
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3329/bsmmuj.v11i2.36255