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Is ERCP manometry useful in the choice of treatment of stones of the common bile duct?

1988

To verify the appropriateness of sphincterotomy as the treatment of choice of choledocholithiasis, since 1980 we have been using endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic (ERCP) manometry of the sphincter of Oddi (SO). This method allows direct investigation of SO motor activity and provides useful information regarding the presence of benign papillary stenosis (BPS). Thirty-four patients were investigated because the radiological examination indicated BPS might be present. Of these, 20 had common bile duct (CBD) stones, while the remaining 14 presented with biliarylike pain and one or more of the following: CBD dilation (larger than 12 mm); emptying of the ERCP contrast medium took l…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyManometryConstriction PathologicGallstonesInternal medicineSphincter of OddiPressureMedicineHumansSphincter of OddiAgedCholangiopancreatography Endoscopic RetrogradeCommon bile ductmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryHepatologyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseEndoscopySurgerymedicine.anatomical_structureBiliary tractAbnormal Liver Function TestSurgeryFemalePeristalsisPapillary stenosisbusinessAbdominal surgerySurgical endoscopy
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Hyperferritinemia is a risk factor for steatosis in chronic liver disease.

2009

AIM: To investigate the relationship between ferritin and steatosis in patients with chronically abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) and high ferritin level. METHODS: One hundred and twenty-four consecutive patients with hyperferritinemia (male > 300 ng/mL, female > 200 ng/mL) were evaluated; clinical, biochemical and serological data, iron status parameters, HFE gene mutations and homeostasis model assessment score were obtained. Steatosis was graded by ultrasound as absent or present. Histology was available in 53 patients only. RESULTS: Mean level of ferritin was 881 ± 77 ng/mL in men and 549 ± 82 ng/mL in women. The diagnosis was chronic hepatitis C in 53 (42.7%), non-alcoholic fatty l…

MalePathologymedicine.medical_specialtyHyperferritinemia chronic liver disease.Chronic liver diseaseGastroenterologyLiver Function TestsRisk FactorsInternal medicinemedicineHumansmedicine.diagnostic_testbiologybusiness.industryLiver DiseasesFatty liverGastroenterologyGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseFerritinFatty LiverBrief ArticlesLiver biopsyHereditary hemochromatosisChronic DiseaseFerritinsMutationbiology.proteinAbnormal Liver Function TestFemaleSteatosisSteatohepatitisbusinessWorld journal of gastroenterology
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Cholestasis in newborn infants with perinatal asphyxia

1997

Objective: The aim of this study was to characterize the liver involvement in infants who have both neonatal asphyxia and neonatal cholestasis. Methods: We describe four asphyctic newborn infants (three born at term) who developed early (age 3.8 ± 2.1 days) intrahepatic neonatal cholestasis and in whom tests for causes of neonatal liver damage were negative. Results: The clinical picture and course were benign and similar to that of sporadic 'idiopathic' neonatal hepatitis. Clinical signs and abnormal liver function tests tended to normalize within the first year of life in all. Conjugated bilirubin became normal at 6 months after the onset of cholestasis, while liver enzymes tended towards…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyCholestasis IntrahepaticInfant Premature DiseasesGastroenterologyLiver Function TestsCholestasisInternal medicinemedicineHumansNeonatal cholestasisAsphyxiaAsphyxia Neonatorummedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryInfant NewbornGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseasePerinatal asphyxiaNeonatal hepatitisNeonatal cholestasisPerinatal asphyxiaEndocrinologyLiverLiver biopsyPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthAbnormal Liver Function TestFemalemedicine.symptomLiver function testsbusinessInfant Premature
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