Banti's syndrome in childhood: A report of four cases.

Haematemesis in childhood is a rare event which may be due to similar causes to those occurring in adults, barring malignant disease. After the age of infancy the commonest disorder in which it is found is splenic anaemia or Banti's disease. The distinction between those two conditions is ill (lefined; they are commonly regarded as synonymous and either diagnosis is applied to a case exhibiting splenomegaly and anaemia of obscure origin, with or without haemorrhages, hepatic cirrhosis or ascites.