A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C

We performed a clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C. Eighty five percent of the patients were clinically asymptomatic and their physical examinations sbowed unremarkable or minimal changes at the time of the liver biopsy Liver function tests tended to present slig...

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Main Authors: Joachim Graf, Kan Toriyama, Hideyo Itakura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1996-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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spelling doaj-22cf0f1c6669461383e58b3cbedc2d302020-11-24T20:54:40ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical0037-86821678-98491996-02-012912125A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis CJoachim GrafKan ToriyamaHideyo ItakuraWe performed a clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C. Eighty five percent of the patients were clinically asymptomatic and their physical examinations sbowed unremarkable or minimal changes at the time of the liver biopsy Liver function tests tended to present slight abnormalities, involving mild elevations of the activity of the aminotransferases and gamma-glutamil transferase levels. In spite of these mild abnormalities advanced chronic liver disease ivas histologically detected in eighty nine percent of the patients, mainly showing chronic active hepatitis. The most characteristic histological finding ivas an interlobular bile duct damage which correlated with the presence of tymphoid aggregates in the portal tracts and with the development of fibrosis.<br>Realizou-se estudo clinico-patológico de 163 casos não tratados de hepatite crônica C. A maioria dos pacientes era clinicamente assintomática e seus exames físicos demonstravam alterações inespecíficas ou mínimas por ocasião da biópsia hepática. As provas de função hepática tendiam a apresentar alterações discretas, envolvendo especialmente os níveis séricos das aminotransferases e gama-glutamil transpeptidase. Apesar destas alterações discretas, detectou-se doença hepática crônica histologicamente avançada, consistindo principalmente de hepatite crônica ativa. O achado histológico mais característico foi lesão de dueto biliar interlobular, que se correlacionou com a presença de agregados linfóides nos tratos portais e com o desenvolvimento de fibrose.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821996000100005Hepatite crônica CLesão de dueto biliarAgregado linfóideHistopatologiaChronic hepatitis CBile duct damage Lymphoid aggregateHistopathology
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Kan Toriyama
Hideyo Itakura
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Kan Toriyama
Hideyo Itakura
A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Hepatite crônica C
Lesão de dueto biliar
Agregado linfóide
Histopatologia
Chronic hepatitis C
Bile duct damage Lymphoid aggregate
Histopathology
author_facet Joachim Graf
Kan Toriyama
Hideyo Itakura
author_sort Joachim Graf
title A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C
title_short A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C
title_full A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C
title_fullStr A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C
title_full_unstemmed A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C
title_sort clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis c
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
series Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
issn 0037-8682
1678-9849
publishDate 1996-02-01
description We performed a clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C. Eighty five percent of the patients were clinically asymptomatic and their physical examinations sbowed unremarkable or minimal changes at the time of the liver biopsy Liver function tests tended to present slight abnormalities, involving mild elevations of the activity of the aminotransferases and gamma-glutamil transferase levels. In spite of these mild abnormalities advanced chronic liver disease ivas histologically detected in eighty nine percent of the patients, mainly showing chronic active hepatitis. The most characteristic histological finding ivas an interlobular bile duct damage which correlated with the presence of tymphoid aggregates in the portal tracts and with the development of fibrosis.<br>Realizou-se estudo clinico-patológico de 163 casos não tratados de hepatite crônica C. A maioria dos pacientes era clinicamente assintomática e seus exames físicos demonstravam alterações inespecíficas ou mínimas por ocasião da biópsia hepática. As provas de função hepática tendiam a apresentar alterações discretas, envolvendo especialmente os níveis séricos das aminotransferases e gama-glutamil transpeptidase. Apesar destas alterações discretas, detectou-se doença hepática crônica histologicamente avançada, consistindo principalmente de hepatite crônica ativa. O achado histológico mais característico foi lesão de dueto biliar interlobular, que se correlacionou com a presença de agregados linfóides nos tratos portais e com o desenvolvimento de fibrose.
topic Hepatite crônica C
Lesão de dueto biliar
Agregado linfóide
Histopatologia
Chronic hepatitis C
Bile duct damage Lymphoid aggregate
Histopathology
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