[Visible venous bloodflow in real-time abdominal sonography, possibly a sign of hepatitis B virus-induced, compensated immune hemolysis].
In 15 patients examined for the suspicion of hepatobiliary disease the venous blood flow was visible by the permanent circulation of soft particles in both the systemic and the portal veins with abdominal real-time ultrasonography. In order to clarify the background of the phenomenon there were extended laboratory examinations carried out. In the course of them the infectedness of the patients with Hepatitis-B virus, immune haemolysis and the disorder of the cellular immunity could be demonstrated. Similar visual phenomenon was found only in one patient suffering only from immune haemolysis, but no hepatic disease. The hepatic patients generally do not show the phenomenon. On the basis of these it is presumed that visible venous flow in real-time abdominal ultrasonography may be a sign of compensated immune haemolysis induced by Hepatitis-B virus infection.
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Pestmegyei Tárogató úti Korház, Klinikai Ultrasonographiás Laboratórium, Budapest.
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Pásztor
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D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001775:Blood Circulation; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000276:immunology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology
D003165:Complement System Proteins