Pattern of chronic liver disease in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. A hospital-based clinicopathological study.
During the period 1982-1990, 544 patients with clinical evidence of liver disease were admitted to King Fahd University Hospital, Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Besides routine laboratory and sonographic investigations, all were subjected to either a needle liver biopsy, laparoscopy or a laparotomy. The tissue diagnoses were as follows: liver cirrhosis 17.3%, periportal fibrosis 14.3%, metastatic cancer 12.9%, primary hepatoma (hepatocellular carcinoma: HCC) 12.1%, hepatic granuloma 11.2%, chronic active hepatitis 7.7%, chronic persistent hepatitis 2.2%, fatty liver 7.2%, hydatid liver disease 4.6% and others 2.8%. In 7.7% the histology was normal. These results will be discussed and compared with results reported in local and international literature.
al-Quorain
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Department of Internal Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Satti
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al-Hamdan
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al-Gindan
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Y
Ibrahim
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Khatib
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R
al-Freihi
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology