Development of hepatocellular carcinoma in a man with auto-immune chronic active hepatitis.
A 57 year old man with auto-immune chronic active hepatitis, regularly treated with immunosuppressive therapy, had hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) 10 years after diagnosis of the hepatitis. Assays of the hepatitis C virus antibodies against capsid and non-structural proteins revealed seronegativity in serial serum samples of this patient stored in the previous 10 years during follow up. The seronegative hepatitis C antibodies excluded hepatitis C virus as the cause of the HCC. The occurrence of HCC in this case suggests the necessity of surveillance for early detection of liver cancer in patients with auto-immune chronic active hepatitis undergoing long-term immunosuppressive therapy.
Yousuf
M
M
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Kiyosawa
K
K
Sodeyama
T
T
Yoda
H
H
Nakano
Y
Y
Furuta
S
S
D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents