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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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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Joachim Graf 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 |
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Joachim Graf Kan Toriyama Hideyo Itakura |
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Joachim Graf |
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A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C |
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A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C |
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A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C |
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A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C |
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A clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis C |
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clinico-pathological study of 163 untreated cases of chronic hepatitis c |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) |
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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0037-8682 1678-9849 |
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1996-02-01 |
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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. |
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Hepatite crônica C Lesão de dueto biliar Agregado linfóide Histopatologia Chronic hepatitis C Bile duct damage Lymphoid aggregate Histopathology |
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