Colorectal cancer surveillance in primary sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2015, Vol 14, Issue 4
Abstract
Authors and Affiliations
James H. Tabibian, Ania Moradkhani, Mark D. Topazian
Poor response to hepatitis C treatment in elderly patients
[b]Introduction[/b]. Treatment of genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C in elderly patients has been associated with low rates of a sustained virological response (SVR), but the reasons are unclear. Objective. To determine the...
Autoimmune hepatitis with giant-cell transformation
Background/Aims: Giant-cell hepatitis (GCH), also known as postinfantile or syncytial giant cell hepatitis, is a frequent pattern of liver injury in the neonate, primarily seen in the first three months of life. Few case...
Living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tree: a case reportin a case with congenital biliary anomaly
Here we report a rare case of living Fasciola hepatica in biliary tract. The patient was in acute phase of infection and treated successfully with 10 mg/kg oral triclabendazole after the fluke was extracted using endosco...
Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the liver
Hepatic inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors are uncommon low grade malignant neoplasms. They can be confused clinically and by imaging studies with abscess.
PGE2 induces MUC2 and MUC5AC expression in human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells via EP4/p38MAPK activat
[b]Background[/b]. MUC2 and MUC5AC overproduction is considered to be associated with hepatolithiasis and related to inflammation. However, mechanisms underlying MUC upregulation under inflammatory stimulation in human i...