Clear cell hepatocellular carcinoma arising 25 years after the successful treatment of an infantile hepatoblastoma

Primary liver tumors in children are rare with hepatoblastoma (HB) being the most common malignancy. Clear cell carcinoma, a variant of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is another rare tumor of the liver that tends to aff...

Evaluation of alpha-fetoprotein as a screening marker for hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis prevalent areas

The objective of this study was to establish modified cutoff values of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) according to hepatitis status. While AFP is used as a serum marker in the diagnosis or monitoring of hepatocellular car...

Adult live donor liver transplantation: routine, commonplace, standard care for end stage liver disease (we hope)

Haemophagocytic syndrome in a liver transplant patient during treatment with Telaprevir

Haemophagocytic syndrome (HS) is a rare disease that is often fatal despite treatment. HS is characterized by fevers, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenias and hyperferritinaemia due to deregulated activation a...

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...