Case-Based Review

Recognition and Management of Children with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease


 

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Case Continued: Follow-up

After their biopsies, both patients with NASH (patients A and B) are started on vitamin E therapy. All 3 patients continue to report for follow-up visits without short-term complications, though they have still been unable to significantly reduce their body mass index and have a persistently elevated serum ALT.

Summary

NAFLD is a common condition in the United States with serious personal and public health ramifications. This case-based review highlights the diagnostic and management challenges in children with NAFLD and the unique role primary care providers play in caring for these patients.

Corresponding author: Bryan Rudolph, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, 3415 Bainbridge Ave., Bronx, NY 10467, brudolph@montefiore.org.

Financial disclosures: None.

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