Hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of two different periods at the same center.

Aims: To analyze the main etiological factors and some clinical characteristics of patients with HCC at diagnosis and to compare them with those we described ten years ago. Methods: 179 patients were included in Group 1, while 132 patients were included in Group 2. For all patients age, sex, serum markers of hepatitis B and C viruses, alcohol consumption, serum alpha feto-protein (AFP) levels and the main liver function parameters at HCC diagnosis were recorded. Results: Mean age was 66.0 years for Group 1 and 69.0 for Group 2 (P=0.005). HCV was responsible for 80.3% of HCC cases in Group 2 versus 72% in Group 1 (P=0.005). HBV alone and co-infection of HCV+HBV decreased, but not significant…

UN CASO DI SCHISTOSOMIASI: UTILITA' DELL SCORE ECOGRAFICO OMS

UTILITA' DELL'ECOGRAFIA NELLA DIAGNOSI DI MALATTIA CELIACA

Abdominal US evaluation in celiac disease before and after a gluten-free diet

Utilità dell’ecografia nella diagnosi di malattia celiaca

Disfunzione endoteliale e malattia carotidea in pazienti con bright liver echopattern

UN CASO DI TUBERCOLOSI (TBC) DISSEMINATA A PREVALENTE LOCALIZZAZIONE ADDOMINALE: UTILITA' DELL'ECOGRAFIA.

Un caso di schistosomiasi: utilità dello score ecografico dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità

Liver steatosis and metabolic syndrome: prevalence and correlation with metabolic parameters and ultrasonography evaluation of abdominal fat

L'ecografia intestinale può avere un ruolo nella diagnosi della malattia celiaca?

Alteraziioni morfofunzionali vascolari in una popolazione con sindrome metabolica e steatosi epatica ecografica

Insufficienza renale acuta in paziente con carcinoma epatocellulare sottoposto a chemioembolizzazione transarteriosa

Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is included among the wide therapeutic tools for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), tumour with high frequency and malignancy. The approach is invasive and, beyond the discomfort for the patient, it is charged by a number of side effects and complications. In this study we report the case of renal acute failure of hypovolemic origin, as a consequence of a TACE in a patient suffering from HCC, occurred after one week of intervention. The different possible mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of this complication are discussed.

Affidabilità del Bright liver echopattern nella diagnosi di steatosi in pazienti con ipertransaminasemia criptogenetica

Diagnostica non invasiva delle varici esofagee nei pazienti con cirrosi epatica: dati ecografici vs dati endoscopici

The aim of this study was to identify possible clinical, biochemical or instrumental markers which can predict in a non-invasive manner the presence of EV. One hundred and fifty-eight consecutive liver cirrhotic patients seen at our outpatient clinic were included in this study. The diagnosis of LC was done on liver biopsy findings or based on instru m e n t a l , clinical and serological data. Patients underwent EGE, ultra - sound of the upper abdomen, Doppler of the main splancnic vessels and the main parameters of liver function were tested. Liver cirrhosis was mostly correlated to hepatitis C virus and most patients were class A according to Child. At EGE, EV w e re absent in 41 patient…