Nuclear Imaging to Detect Diaphragmatic Perforation as a Rare Complication of Microwave Ablation by Stephanie Cull, Gebran Khneizer, Abhishek Krishna, Razi Muzaffar, Sameer Gadani, Zafar Jamkhana

“…A 57-year-old male with cirrhosis and HCC presented with respiratory distress after undergoing MWA of a HCC lesion. …”
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Feasibility and Safety of Bariatric Surgery in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience by Yusef Moulla, Orestis Lyros, Matthias Blüher, Philipp Simon, Arne Dietrich

“…., 2016) at least one of the following risk factors was met: age ≥ 70 years, body mass index (BMI) > 70 kg/m2, liver cirrhosis, end-organ failure, or immunosuppression by status after organ transplantation along with (Birkmeyer et al., 2010) at least two comorbidities associated with obesity. …”
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Ineffectiveness of hepatitis B vaccination in cirrhotic patients waiting for liver transplantation by Edith Villeneuve, Jean Vincelette, Jean-Pierre Villeneuve

“…The response to vaccination with a recombinant HBV vaccine was examined in 49 patients with cirrhosis before liver transplantation. Patients received three doses (20 µg) of Engerix-B (SmithKline Beecham) at zero, one and two months before transplantation, and their response was measured on the day of liver transplantation (9.3±1.2 months after the initial dose of vaccine). …”
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The Interaction of lncRNA-HEIH and lncRNA-HULC with HBXIP in Hepatitis B Patients by Lingjuan Ruan, Lifei Huang, Lilai Zhao, Qiang Wang, Xiaocheng Pan, Anmin Zhang, Qiuping Bai, Zongjun Lv

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major risk factor for the development of hepatic cirrhosis (HC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which are associated with very high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. …”
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Common variable immunodeficiency: An uncommon cause of bronchiectasis, granulomatous disease, chronic liver disease, and enteropathy – Case report and review of literature by Veena Shamsudeen, Arun Hegde, Uday Bhanu Kovilapu, Nisha Verma, Anurag Jain

“…Hepatic involvement can occur in the form of abnormal biochemistry, nodular degenerative hyperplasia, and cirrhosis of liver. Treatment of infection, and replacement of immunoglobulins, remains the mainstay of management of CVID. …”
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Reaching Syrian migrants through Dutch municipal registries for hepatitis B and C point-of-care testing. by Chrissy P B Moonen, Elfi E H G Brouwers, Christian J P A Hoebe, Nicole H T M Dukers-Muijrers, Jamila Bouchaara, Inge H M van Loo, Casper D J den Heijer

“…Undetected chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Syrian migrants are the largest non-European migrant group in the Netherlands with HBV and HCV prevalence rates above 2%. …”
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Chronic hepatitis C course at elderly and therapeutic approach by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova

“…At patients in the age of 65 and over chronic hepatitis C has more severe course, than at young patients, with more rapid progression of fibrosis and low level of alanine transaminase. Due to this liver cirrhosis (LC) at elderly patients is more frequent, than at younger subjects. …”
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CHROMOPHOBE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES by Sana Ben-Slama, Ines Mallek, Eya Ghorbeli, Mohamed Hajri, Taher Labidi, Hafedh Mestiri, Ahlem Lahmar, Dhouha Bacha

“…The liver was in micronodular cirrhosis. Histologically, the tumor had focal trabecular or pseudoglandular patterns within a vascularized stroma. …”
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Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Causative Organisms of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: A Single Centre, Six-Year Experience of 1981 Samples by Sara Sheikhbahaei, Alireza Abdollahi, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Elham Zare

“…Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with cirrhosis. This study aims to determine the microbial agents of SBP and the pattern of antibiotic resistance, in a large number of ascitic samples. …”
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Extra-Anatomic Jump Graft from the Right Colic Vein: A Novel Technique to Manage Portal Vein Thrombosis in Liver Transplantation by Paolo Magistri, Giuseppe Tarantino, Tiziana Olivieri, Annarita Pecchi, Roberto Ballarin, Fabrizio Di Benedetto

“…Background. In the context of cirrhosis, portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is present in 2.1% to 26% of patients. …”
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siRNA therapeutics for effective management of rheumatoid arthritis by Vishakha R. Chakole, Tathagata Dutta, Priyankar Sen

“…Besides these numerous advantages, these treatments have several disadvantages like liver cirrhosis, interstitial lung disease, sexual health is impaired in males, neuropsychiatric adverse effects, etc. …”
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The Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Interplay between Diet, Gut Microbiota, and Genetic Background by Jinsheng Yu, Sharon Marsh, Junbo Hu, Wenke Feng, Chaodong Wu

“…Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in the world, and it comprises a spectrum of hepatic abnormalities from simple hepatic steatosis to steatohepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer. While the pathogenesis of NAFLD remains incompletely understood, a multihit model has been proposed that accommodates causal factors from a variety of sources, including intestinal and adipose proinflammatory stimuli acting on the liver simultaneously. …”
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Asymptomatic Intestinal Malrotation Progressing to Midgut Volvulus in a Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhotic Adult: A Rare Scenario Requiring Special Considerations by Vatche Melkonian, Pablo Quadri, Chintalapati R. Varma, Mustafa Nazzal, Henry B. Randall, Minh-Tri J. P. Nguyen

“…We describe a 56-year-old man with decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class C, MELD score 22) who was initially observed after an incidental diagnosis of intestinal malrotation on computed tomography. …”
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CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA: EPIDEMIOLOGY, HISTOPATHOLOGY, AND POTENTIAL PROGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS IN A COHORT FROM A REFERENCE CENTER IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL by João Pedro Pattussi BERTINATTI, Josenel Maria Barcelos MARÇAL, Eduardo CAMBRUZZI, Dido Eliphas LEÃO DE ALENCAR

“…CONCLUSION: Risk factors such as smoking, cholecystectomy, cirrhosis, intrahepatic lithiasis, and transplantation should be considered individually by the attending physician for radiological monitoring and incidental discovery of the neoplasm. …”
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Survival and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated by Percutaneous Ethanol Injection: A 10-Year Experience by Roberto Mazzanti, Umberto Arena, Pietro Pantaleo, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Greta Cipriani, Bruno Neri, Clara Giordano, Fabio Lanini, Serena Marchetti, Paolo Gentilini

“…The efficacy of PEI in patients with biopsy-proven viral cirrhosis and small to intermediate inoperable HCC was evaluated. …”
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Effect of Fluid Shear Stress on Portal Vein Remodeling in a Rat Model of Portal Hypertension by Bin Wen, Jian Liang, Xin Deng, Ran Chen, Peichun Peng

“…Subcutaneous injections of CCl4 were given to establish a rat model of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Biomechanical technology was adopted to determine the dynamic changes of haemodynamic indices and fluid shear stress. …”
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Metabolic and Genetic Determinants of Lipid Metabolism Disruption in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by O. Yu. Kytikova, T. P. Novgorodtseva, Yu. K. Denisenko, D. A. Kovalevsky

“…NAFLD is a widespread disease progressing from steatosis to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), increasing the risk of cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. …”
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Thromboelastography parameters in chronic viral liver disease and liver resection: a retrospective study by Ying Di, Jialu Li, Chunjuan Ye, Zheng Wang, Qianqian Zhu

“…Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores were used to categorise stages of liver cirrhosis. Liver resections were classified as low, medium and high complexity. …”
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Endoscopic Treatment as the Rescue Therapy for Recurrent Bleeding after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) by Liyuan Ni, Xiaoquan Huang, Siyu Jiang, Lili Ma, Jianjun Luo, Shiyao Chen

“…Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is suggested as the salvage therapy for gastroesophageal variceal bleeding in cirrhosis. However, rebleeding might occur in some patients after TIPS. …”
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The role of endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis and characterization of focal liver lesions by Ahmed Morad Hashim, Gamal Eldin Mansour Mohamed Gamal, Abeer Abdellatef, Hany Hagag Ahmed

“…These lesions are frequently found in patients with colorectal cancer, cirrhosis, or incidentally during evaluations for abdominal pain or shock. …”
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