Hepatocellular carcinoma in a hepatitis C patient with sustained viral response and no fibrosis

Hepatitis C poses a substantial global health burden. Three to five percent of individuals with liver cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C will develop hepatocellular carcinoma. The development of hepatocellular carcinoma...

Treatment issues surrounding hepatitis C in renal transplantation: A review

Hepatitis C infection is prevalent in candidates for and recipients of solid organ transplants. In the renal transplant population, HCV infection has been shown to decrease long-term patient and graft survival. The outco...

Embolization of porto-systemic shunt as treatment for recurrent hepatic encephalopathy

Model for end stage of liver disease (MELD) is better than the Child-Pugh score for predicting in-hospital mortality related to esophageal variceal bleeding

Aim: The Child Pugh and MELD are good methods for predicting mortality in patients with chronic liver disease. We investigated their performance as risk factors for failure to control bleeding, in-hospital overall mortal...

Congenital choledochal cyst in an infant with cystic fibrosis

Congenital choledochal cyst is malformation of the biliary ductal system, which rarely occur. We describe here a 4-month old boy, who was referred to our center with respiratory distress and low level consciousness. In p...