Hepatic osteodystrophy and liver cirrhosis

Hepatic osteodystrophy and liver cirrhosis.

AIM To investigate the correlation between hepatic osteodystrophy and osteoporosis in patients with liver cirrhosis. METHODS Bone mineral density of the patients (n = 55) and that of the control group (n = 30) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. All the women in the study were premenopausal. Deoxypyridinoline, pyridinoline and urinary Ca(2+) were measured as bone destruction ma...

Hepatic osteodystrophy after liver transplantation in a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis.

A patient is presented who developed hepatic osteodystrophy after orthotopic liver transplantation in association with persistently low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. After successful liver transplantation there was a delay in the return to normal of the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels until oral supplementation with vitamin D was instituted. This case emphasizes the need for effective trea...

Hepatic adenomatosis in liver cirrhosis

Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is a benign liver tumor most frequently occurring in women using oral contraception. HCA develops in normal or nearly normal livers and is extremely rare in cirrhosis. The authors present magnetic resonance imaging and histopathologic findings in a 57-year-old man with liver cirrhosis and hepatic adenomatosis. As the differentiation between HCA and hepatocellular ca...

Hepatic osteodystrophy: vitamin D metabolism in patients with liver disease.

Hepatic myelopathy associated with advanced liver cirrhosis.

A 41-year-old man was admitted to our institution with inertia of both lower extremities and walking instability. The patient had been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B (hepa B) for 10 years, including hepa B virus associated cirrhosis within the last 4 years. The patient had also suffered hepatic encephalopathy within the last 6 months, which resolved following treatment. A month before the c...