OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to devise a predictive index to predict residual liver function before hepatic resection, using technetium-99m diethylenetriamine-penta-acetic acid-galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) liver dynamic single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). METHODS Fifty-seven patients with liver disease underwent liver dynamic SPECT with 99mTc-GS...

BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder that can induce damage to cardiovascular system, kidneys, brain and liver. Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) is responsible for significant maternal and perinatal morbidity. This study was conducted to compare the liver function tests in preeclampsia with normal pregnancy. METHODS This study was carried out on 100 pregnant women after 20 we...

Determining the degree of fibrosis is an important step in the assessment of disease severity in patients with chronic liver disease. Liver biopsy has been the gold standard for estimating the extent of inflammation and fibrosis, although the procedure has limitations such as sampling error and variability. Noninvasive testing has been shown to be equally predictive in ruling out fibrosis or ru...

post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder is a lymphocyte proliferating disease, usually of b cell origin, and rarely of t cell. involvement of liver itself in liver transplant recipients as the primary organ is not common. herein we report our experience in two patients who primarily presented in the allografted liver, both of whom were promptly diagnosed after liver biopsy and treated succ...

Serum liver tests are important but often problematic in evaluating patients with and without symptoms of hepatic disease. The common term "liver function tests" is misleading because most tests used in clinical practice measure hepatocellular damage not function. True liver function tests are those that measure synthesis of proteins made by the liver (albumin, clotting factors) or the liver's ...