LIVER-BIOPSY FINDINGS IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC LIVER-DISEASE COMPLICATED BY CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C VIRUS-INFECTION

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KYRIACOU, E [1 ]
SIMMONDS, P [1 ]
MILLER, EK [1 ]
BOUCHIER, IAD [1 ]
HAYES, PC [1 ]
HARRISON, DJ [1 ]
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[1] ROYAL EDINBURGH INFIRM,CTR LIVER & DIGEST DISORDERS,DEPT MED,EDINBURGH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE; LIVER BIOPSY;
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R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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Objective: To identify the features of concurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in liver biopsies from patients thought to have alcoholic liver disease. Patients: Fifty-five patients with a history of excess alcohol consumption were studied. Methods: All patients underwent liver biopsy. Results: Eight of the 55 patients studied were found to be HCV-positive. Conclusion: The histological features found to be most useful for identifying concurrent HCV infection were the presence of lymphoid aggregates in portal tracts (predictive value 100%), the presence of lymphocytes in the lobules (predictive value 83%), and the pattern of fibrosis, particularly periportal spurring rather than perivenular fibrosis (predictive value 75%).
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