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R WILLIAMS

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PubMed1964

THE VALUE OF JIRGL'S FLOCCULATION TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF JAUNDICE.

Jirgl's serum flocculation reaction was examined in a series of 121 patients with varying types of liver disease. Positive results were found in 90% of patients with proven extrahepatic obstructive jaundice. Strongly positive reactions were also obtained in primary biliary cirrhosis and chlorpromazine jaundice. One out of three cases of ;cholestatic' hepatitis gave a weakly positive reaction and the test may be of value in the diagnosis of this condition and in the rare recurrent conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia in which it is also negative.Eighty-four per cent of cases of portal cirrhosis were negative and the finding of a positive result in this condition may indicate the presence of a hepatoma.No correlation could be found either in intra- or extrahepatic obstructive jaundice between the degree of flocculation present and the severity of the obstruction as judged by serum bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase levels.

Alkaline Phosphatase↗
PubMed1964

CONGENITAL HEPATIC FIBROSIS WITH AN UNUSUAL PULMONARY LESION.

The necropsy findings in a 5-year-old girl with congenital hepatic fibrosis are described. She had been followed since the age of 18 months and finally developed hepatocellular failure. Extensive haemorrhagic necrosis was found at necropsy and was probably related to the terminal illness. Other unusual findings were areas of typical post-necrotic cirrhosis and marked centrilobular and diffuse emphysema of the lungs. It is suggested that the latter was also congenital in origin.

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