Differential diagnosis of hepatomegaly in children. A rare pediatric case: Infantile multifocal hepatic hemangioma. Case report

Hepatomegaly is one of the most common symptoms in children. Liver enlargement can be observed in any infectious and non-infectious inflammatory disease, be an early clinical sign of acute leukemia, systemic connective tissue disease, liver neoplasms, congenital metabolic disorders, circulatory and respiratory failure, helminthiases, toxic effects of drugs, abnormalities of the biliary tract, etc. In the vast majority of cases, the simple examination methods that have long become routine in pediatrician practice help to identify the cause of hepatomegaly: abdominal ultrasound, complete blood count, and blood chemistry. The article presents a rare case of infantile multifocal hepatic hemangioma in a girl in early infancy, which required a long diagnostic search involving various specialists.