Cirrhosis with steatohepatitis following longterm stilboestrol treatment

Cirrhosis originally diagnosed as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

A 52-year-old white woman with a presumptive diagnosis of cirrhosis attributed to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis was referred for a liver transplant consultation. The patient reported increased abdominal discomfort, swelling, and lower extremity edema beginning 7 years earlier, as well as intermittent nausea, weakness, and confusion which had increased in frequency during the previous year. While...

Enlarged Prostate Treated with Stilboestrol

Longterm effects of treatment in patients with chronic airway obstruction.

But in reports of Patients residing ill the Chicago area, a slow decline in ‘entilatorv functioll and a high mortality was oi)served despite continued therapy for the 4 In an attempt to reconcue the seemingly hopeful oi)servations reported from Denver with tile rather gloomy long-term course and prognosis of patients in Chicago, we have undertaken a comparison of the courses and )roglloses of 9...

The Effect of Longterm Treatment with Bromocryptine on Fertility in Male Prolactinoma.

30 year old man with decreased libido, azospermia, gynecomastia and infertility due to hyperprolactinoma is presented. Treatment with Bromocryptin caused normalisa­tion of serum prolactin, increase in sperm count and serum testosterone level and he got fertile. 

Risk factors for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in cryptogenic cirrhosis.

CONTEXT In about 10% of patients with chronic liver disease, it is not possible to identify an etiologic factor. These cases are called cryptogenic cirrhosis. Currently, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is being considered as a possible etiologic factor for a significant segment of patients that presents with cryptogenic cirrhosis. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of risk factors for N...