Ascites, accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, between the membrane lining the abdominal wall and the membrane covering the abdominal organs. The most common causes of ascites are cirrhosis of the liver, heart failure, tumours of the peritoneal
DiseasehepatocytesreticuloendothelialhemodynamicsHistologicalThe clinical features of liver cirrhosis are manifestation of altered hepatic hemodynamics and of reduced hepatic cell mass, represented by portal hypertension and sometimes hepatic failure. Histological, cirrhosis is defined in general as a diffusely ...
In patients with chronic liver disease, the peripheral vasculature, the mesenteric vascular bed, and the intrahepatic microcirculatory unit have received attention (Fig. 1). A recurrent theme is that while the cells and molecules in each vascular structure exhibit many similarities, variability in ...
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Liver cirrhosis, the end-stage of different chronic liver diseases, is often neglected until complications occur[1,2]. Globally, current estimates indicate that more than 50 million adults have chronic liver disease[3-5]. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010), liver ...
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection caused more than half of the deaths due to cirrhosis in the region, followed by alcohol consumption (20·8%), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD; 12·1%), and chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV; 15·7%). In 2015, HBV accounted...
The clinical impact of donor against recipient HLA one way mismatch on the occurrence of graft versus host disease in liver transplantation Sang Jin Kim , Sunghae Park & Jae-Won Joh Article 18 November 2022 | Open Access Pseudocirrhosis and portal hypertension in patients with metastatic ca...
Both fatty liver disease and alcoholic hepatitis arereversible. Abstinence from alcohol may see the liver return to normal. A person who has fatty liver disease with continued exposure to alcohol will eventually suffer withcirrhosis. Similarly, repeated attacks of alcoholic hepatitis may also lead to...
A family history of liver cancer or liver diseaseWhat are the signs and symptoms of liver cancer?In the early stages, you may not have symptoms. In the later stages, you may have any of the following:Abdominal pain Weakness and fatigue (being mentally and physically tired) Weight loss witho...
The causes of liver cancer vary and in many cases remain unknown, but several factors have been identified that increase the risk of developing the disease. Previous infection withhepatitisB orhepatitis C virusesis clearly linked to liver cancer, as iscirrhosisof the liver, a primary cause of ...