title: Causes of minimal hepatic periportal fibrosis present in Egypt.
abstract: This study aimed to elucidate the common causes of minimal periportal fibrosis in Egypt. Out of 50 patients having minimal periportal fibrosis, 22 (44%) had schistosomiasis as a sole aetiology, 33 (66%) had combined schistosomiasis with both HBV and HCV. Rare causes were tuberculosis in 4% of the patients and HIV in 2%. No cause could be elicited in 14% of the patients. It is concluded that although schistosomiasis is the commonest cause of minimal hepatic fibrosis in Egypt, yet it is not the sole aetiological factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdel-Kader
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamdy
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mohran
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Abbas
mesh_terms: D004534:Egypt; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006529:Hepatomegaly; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*; D013163:Splenomegaly