PMID: 11920542Mar 29, 2002Paper

Close association between high serum alanine aminotransferase levels and multicentric hepatocarcinogenesis in patients with hepatitis C virus-associated cirrhosis

Cancer
K TaraoShohei Matsuzaki

Abstract

Multicentric development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a characteristic feature of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated cirrhosis (HCV-LC). In this study, the objective was to determine whether the persistent elevation of the serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level, which represents the inflammatory necrosis of hepatocytes, is correlated with the multicentric development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with early-stage HCV-LC. Ninety-three consecutive patients with biopsy proven HCV-LC (Child Stage A) who had been followed for > 5 years for the development of HCC were studied. They were subdivided into three groups according to their serum ALT level: Group A included 33 patients with annual average serum ALT levels that were persistently high (> or = 80 IU; high ALT group), Group B included 41 patients with annual average serum ALT levels that were persistently low (< 80 IU; low ALT group), and Group C included 19 unclassified patients. The patients had been studied prospectively with frequent ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography (CT) scans for > 5 years. When the development of HCC was suspected, angiography, infusion of lipiodol into the hepatic artery, and lipiodol-CT sc...Continue Reading

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