WARNING: LIFE THREATENING ADVERSE REACTIONS See full prescribing information for complete boxed warning Hepato toxicity, including fatalities, usually during first 6 months o f treatment. Children under the age of two years and patients with mitochondrial disorders are at higher risk. Monitor patients c losely, and perform serum liver testing prior to therapy and at frequent intervals thereafte...

During liver resection clamping of the hepato-duodenal ligament (the Pringle maneuver) is performed to reduce intraoperative blood-loss. During this maneuver acute portal hypertension may lead to spontaneous splenic rupture requiring rapid splenectomy in order to control blood loss. We present 2 case of patients with hemorrhage from the spleen during clamping for liver surgery. A review of the ...

Background The decision making process in hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC) relies on multiple factors. Hepatic surgery, in fact, has to take into consideration a patient’s general medical condition, performance status, underlying liver disease, functional hepatic reserve. All these factors affect hepatic metabolism, flux and regeneration mechanism conditioning future liver remnant volume. What i...

Previously, we reported that the properties of microsomal 4-methyl sterol demethylase isolated from liver and Morris hepatomas 5i23C and 7777 are grossly similar.The individ ual enzymic steps of this multicomponent system have now been studied, and the rate-determining step has been deter mined and shown to be identical for liver and these hepato mas. The rates of microsomal oxidative attacks o...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignant tumor of the liver. Hepatitis B virus infection is one of the most important etilogical factors of HCC. In this case report, a patient with HCC previously infected and having ongoing immunity against hepatitis B virus will be discussed. How to cite this article Ates I, Kaplan M, Demirci S, Altiparmak E. A Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cas...

Acute mesenteric ischemia is a life-threatening vascular emergency that requires early diagnosis and intervention to adequately restore mesenteric blood flow and to prevent bowel necrosis and patient death. While, almost always superior and inferior mesenteric arteries are involved, we report a 57-year-old male with an unusual celiac artery trunk thrombosis leading to gastero-duodenal and hepat...

Mohanka R1,2, El Kosi M2,3, Jin JK2,4, Sharma A2,5 and Halawa A2,6* 1Depatment of Hepato-Biliary Surgery and Transplantation, Global Hospital, Mumbai, India 2Department of Health and Science, University of Liverpool, UK 3Doncaster Royal Infirmary, UK 4Nottingham Children Hospital, UK 5Royal Liverpool University Hospitals, UK 6Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, UK Submission: July 03, 2017; Published...

On examination, there were multiple skin colored to erythematous and edematous papules of about 1 to 5 mm size [Figure 1]. Many of the lesions, located over the extensor aspects of hands [Figure 2], forearms, elbows and upper arms were topped with tiny crusts and scales whereas others showed a central dusky hue. Examination of the conjunctiva revealed mild icterus. Bilateral axillary, epitrochl...

Received May 13, 2013; Revised August 9, 2013; Accepted A From Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transp des Pathologies Digestives, Hépatiques et de la Transplan de Hautepierre-Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Uni bourg, Strasbourg, France. Correspondence address: Philippe Bachellier, MD, P Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Pôle Digestives, Hépatiques et de la ...

Porcelain gallbladder or calcified gallbladder is a rare entity and is considered as the end stage of chronic cholecystitis. This disease is rarely diagnosed preoperatively and usually mimics carcinoma gallbladder. Hereby, we present a rare and interesting case of porcelain gallbladder that was diagnosed preoperatively and managed by cholecystectomy. How to cite this article: Goel A, Agarwal A,...