A 67-year-old woman with gastrointestinal hemorrhage and chronic hepatitis.
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is responsible for the majority of cases of non-A, non-B hepatitis. Affected patients are usually asymptomatic when initially infected; however, between 70% and 80% will maintain infection and develop chronic liver disease. Of these patients, 20% to 50% progress to cirrhosis, and up to 15% may develop hepatocellular carcinoma. Thus, many patients have significant liver disease when diagnosed. The following case report describes a patient with cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C, transferred to our institution to manage complications related to portal hypertension.
Simmons
B H
BH
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, La., USA.
Gaglio
P
P
Daroca
P J
PJ
Gerber
M A
MA
D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D006490:Hemostatics