title: Pattern of liver disease in the western region of Saudi Arabia.
abstract: In a series of 124 patients admitted to hospital with liver disease, 23 (18.6%) had malignant liver disease, either primary or secondary; 12 (9.7%) had cirrhosis of the liver, while another 25 (20.2%) had inflammatory liver disease, including such parasitic infections as hydatid disease and schistosomiasis. The remaining biopsies showed non-specific changes or normal livers.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012529:Saudi Arabia