After the first successful pregnancy in a liver transplant recipient in 1978, much evidence has accumulated on the course, outcomes and management strategies of pregnancy following liver transplantation. Generally, liver transplantation restores sexual function and fertility as early as a few months after transplant. Considering that one third of all liver transplant recipients are women, that ...

Primary hepatic tuberculosis (TB) is very rare in the UK, but the incidence may be rising. Three cases of primary hepatic TB in immunocompetent patients without evidence of pulmonary involvement are reported. The diagnosis was challenging as two patients had liver space-occupying lesions, and the third patient presented with liver abscess. All of them responded well to standard anti-tubercular ...

common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths. A known risk factor for HCC is non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a continuum hepatic disorders related to obesity metabolic syndrome. AIM: We conducted an observational study identify factors hepatocellular in patients with who came SMHRC Nagpur routine visit. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The included 300 people aged 35 85 ye...

juvenile hemochromatosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that typically occurs in the first to third decades of life. its symptoms are more acute and severe than classic hemochromatosis. we describe a 27-year-old man who was referred to the gastrointestinal clinic with a probable diagnosis of fatty liver and was finally diagnosed as having juvenile hemochromatosis. a review of the scient...

Introduction: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a clinical pathologic condition, which leads to inflammation events in hepatocytes. The objective of present study was to compare the plasma levels of VEGF and sVEGFR-1 as inflammation factors in overweight and obese children and adolescents with and without NAFLD. Materials and Methods: A total sample of 70 overweight and obese childre...

Automatic segmentation of liver and its tumors is an essential step for extracting quantitative imaging biomarkers for accurate tumor detection, diagnosis, prognosis and assessment of tumor response to treatment. MICCAI 2017 Liver Tumor Segmentation Challenge (LiTS) provides a common platform for comparing different automatic algorithms on contrast-enhanced abdominal CT images in tasks includin...

Demonstration of remarkable biological effect of 3-deoxy-steroid confused the view about the mechanism of action of steroid,2) 3) while it has long been believed that the oxygen function at C-3 of steroid molecule is closely related to the mechanism of steroid action.1) 17a-Ethyny1-4-estrene-178-ol (ethynyl-estrenol) is one such compound which has no oxygen function at C-3 and shows remerkable ...

Childhood overweight and obesity is a major public health problem affecting one-third of children adolescents in the United States, it has been linked to significant risks comorbid conditions adults as direct associations with chronic problems not limited diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver many others.

BACKGROUND Patients with burns are susceptible to organ failure, and there is indirect evidence that leukocytes may contribute to this process. They may change the expression of cell-surface receptors after certain stimuli, for example, the burn. We therefore aimed to assess the changes induced by the burn in the expression of leukocyte cell-surface receptors CD11b, CD14, CD16, and CD62L on the...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent malignancy and second common cause of death in US. Liver site colorectal metastases. About 13% patients with have liver metastasis on initial presentation 50% develop them during disease course. Although systemic chemotherapy immunotherapy are mainstay treatment for metastatic disease, selected predominant metastasis, liver-directed approaches...