[Liver disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Study of 100 biopsies].
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related liver disease is frequently diagnosed. We report a study about 100 liver biopsy samples (LB) in patients with HIV infection. The aim of the study has been to analyze the liver biopsy yield when a systemic disease (group A) or a chronic liver disease (group B) are suspected. Tuberculosis, all of them disseminated, was the most common finding in group A biopsy samples, and a 81% yield was obtained. Chronic active hepatitis was the most common finding group B, and profitability reached 90%. We conclude that LB is the elective method to diagnose systemic disease, in patients previously selected according to their clinical findings, and that final diagnoses and safe.
Santos Gil
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Servicio de Medicine Interna-Infecciosas, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid.
Jaras Hernández
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Sánchez Moliní
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García Monzón
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del Arco Galán
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
Affección hepática en pacientes con infección por el virus de la immunodeficiencia humana. Estudio de cien biopsias.