BACKGROUND Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) refers to the association of hypoxemia, intrapulmonary shunting and chronic liver disease. But there is no clear data about the prevalence of HPS in postnecrotic liver cirrhosis by hepatitis B virus (HBV), the most common cause of liver disease in Korea. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HPS in poorly compensated postnecrotic li...

Liver cirrhosis is a disease in which normal tissue of liver replaced with scar tissue, liver cirrhosis is the 12th leading cause of deaths by disease in the world.Liver cirrhosis is caused by any factor that can damage liver tissues, mostly fatty liver and chronic liver diseases are the major cause of liver cirrhosis. We are presenting here the case of an Asian man who was the victim of liver ...

Background: Cirrhosis is a common hepatological disorder seen in clinical practice. Liver plays an essential role in lipid metabolism, several stages of lipid synthesis and transportation. It is reasonable to expect an abnormal lipid profile in those with severe liver dysfunction Aim: To assess the lipid profile abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis of liver correlate with the severity of ci...

Disorders of glucose metabolism, namely glucose intolerance and diabetes, are frequent in patients with chronic liver diseases. In patients with cirrhosis, diabetes can be either a classical type 2 diabetes mellitus or the so-called hepatogenous diabetes, i.e. a consequence of liver insufficiency and portal hypertension. This review article provides an overview of the possible pathophysiologica...

OBJECTIVES Mortality due to liver disease (of which cirrhosis is the end stage) is increasing more than any other chronic condition in the UK. This study aims to demonstrate that (1) exclusive reliance on mortality rates may not reveal the true burden of liver cirrhosis, and (2) diverse use of diagnostic coding may produce misleading estimates. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING The Office...

PURPOSE: In the previous study, it has been reported that liver and spleen uptake of superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) was significantly decreased at SPIO-enhanced MR imaging in cirrhotic patients. However, we have often encountered the cases with increased uptake of SPIO in the spleen in patients with cirrhosis. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether the uptake of SPIO in the splee...

ABSTRACT Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is an autosomal recessive disease, most often associated with mutations in the HFE gene, which result continuous absorption of iron, causing its overload. Liver tissue main site iron deposition; thus, high levels when interacting oxygen, induce formation free radicals that will act on proteins, lipids, and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), may trigger deleter...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Inflammatory changes in the stomach caused by Helicobacter pylori indirectly and directly affect liver function. Moreover, the bacteria may worsen the course of the liver cirrhosis. The study aimed at evaluating the incidence of H. pylori infection among patients with liver cirrhosis, depending on the etiology and injury stage, scored according to Child-Pugh classification. S...

51 cases of chronic hepatitis were followed up by serial liver biopsies. 6 cases, all of which were of the active type, showed transition to liver cirrhosis within 5 to 10 months after the initial biopsy which had indicated chronic hepatitis. In 109 cases of liver cirrhosis, the antecedent acute hepatitis had been found within a relatively short period, usually 2 to 3 years before the establish...

Liver cirrhosis is considered as one of the most common diseases in healthcare. The widely accepted technology for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis is via ultrasound imaging. This paper presents a technique for detecting the cirrhosis of liver through ultrasound images. The region of interest has been selected from these ultrasound images and endorsed from a radiologist. The identification of l...