giant cell hepatitis

giant cell hepatitis.

See neonatal hepatitis.

---

giant cell hepatitis

Giant cell transformation of liver Neonatology A nonspecific reaction of the newborn liver to ↑ conjugated hyperbilirubinemia; conjugated BR is ↑ in infants with intra- or extrahepatic biliary atresia, erythroblastosis fetalis, TORCH–toxoplasmosis, rubella, CMV, HS, and other in utero and neonatal infections–eg, coxsackie, hepatitis, E coli, syphilis, metabolic defects–eg, α₁-antitrypsin deficiency, cystic fibrosis, hereditary fructose intolerance, galactosemia, parenteral nutrition and tyrosinosis, choledocal cysts, idiopathic, congenital hepatic fibrosis, Byler's disease, Lucy-Driscoll disease, Niemann-Pick disease, trisomy 18, and Zellweger's disease. Cf Syncytial giant cell hepatitis.