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Fig. 2

From: Insight into clinical, laboratory, and GIT ultrasound diagnostic findings of cystic fibrosis in pediatrics

Fig. 2

A child known to have cystic fibrosis. She was complaining of chronic cough, recurrent abdominal pain, failure to thrive, and steatorrhea improving on pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy. Her labs are as follows: ALT, 19; AST, 25; Na, 138; K, 3.6; and random blood glucose, 130. Ultrasound of the abdomen shows heterogeneous liver parenchyma with hepatomegaly measuring about 14.7 cm, increased pancreatic echogenicity (pancreatic lipomatosis, arrow), and increased small bowel wall thickening measuring up to 0.5 cm

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