Twenty-five patients with primary biliary cirrhosis undergoing portal decompression have been followed up for a mean of 51 months. Five patients with decompensated cirrhosis died postoperatively. Overall five year survival of 66% is comparable with that for other forms of cirrhosis but none of the long-term survivors, including three patients with a precirrhotic stage of primary biliary cirrhos...

Hepatobiliary cancers are aggressive tumors that affect the liver and biliary tract responsible for nearly 550,000 deaths per year. The most common malignancy is hepatocellular carcinoma, risk factors include viral hepatitis infection, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, excessive alcohol use. Other etiologies Wilson’s disease, α1-antitrypsin deficiency, cryptogenic cirrhosis. Clinicians should be aw...

results of 45 patients, 4 (8.9% [95% ci: 4.4-15.6]) had detectable genomic hcv-rna in their pbmc specimens. hcv genotypes were determined in the pbmcs of these subjects showed that 2 (50.0%) subjects with occult hcv infection had hcv subtype 3a, and 2 (50.0%) had hcv subtype 1b. conclusions this study found that 8.9 % of the iranian candidates for liver transplant with cryptogenic cirrhosis had...

Hepatic hemangiomas are considered to be the most common benign tumors of the liver. They are often found incidentally while investigating for other causes of liver disease. Hemangiomas that are less than 10 cm are not expected to cause any problems. Typically, they do not enlarge and, apart from regular follow-up, no definitive treatment is indicated. This is a posthumous case report of a male...

The natural history of Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is difficult to assess, but there is mounting evidence that patients with NAFLD may eventually develop cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Retrospective, case-control studies have shown that features suggestive of Non Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH) are more frequent in HepatoCellular Carcinoma (HCC) complicating crypto...