[Prolonged icterus as a difficult diagnostic problem in small children--own observations].

Unlabelled: THE AIM of the study was the retrospective evaluation of causes of prolonged icterus in children treated in the Second Department of Peadiatrics and Allergology in Łódź during the last 16 years.

Material And Methods: 361 children aged 3 weeks to 15 months of 12650 patients hospitalised in our Clinic were analysed. All the examined children were divided into two groups group I consisted of 314 children with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and group II of 47 patients with cholestasis Additionally the cholestatic group was divided into two subgroups: IIa consisted of 41 children with intrahepatic cholestasis and IIb--six children with extrahepatic cholestasis.