[LIVER CANCER IN HYPERENDEMIC AREA OF B AND DELTAHEPATITIS: REPORT OF 19 CASES]
This is a prospective study that includes 19 hospitalized patients with hepatic cancer at the Medicine Department of the Regional Hospital in Cuzco (Perú), between August 1992 to August 1995. Epidemiological and clinical information was obtained from all patients. Serum samples were taken for HBsAg, anti-Delta, and liver tests. Histological diagnosis was done in 14 patients by liver biopsy by the Menghini's method, in the others this was done by clinical and laboratorial means because the biopsy was contraindicated.92,9% were hepatocarcinoma, and this neoplasm was more frequently in men, between 20 to 39 years old. The risk factors were infections by hepatitis B virus and delta virus: 66.7% had HBsAg positive and 41,6% Anti-Delta positive. Excessive alcohol consumption was present in 68,5%.We concluded that the most frequently cancer of the liver seen was hepatocarcinoma and the risk factors that are associated were previous infection of B and Delta virus and alcohol.
Indacochea
Sonia
S
Bueno
Rosa
R
De La Fuente
Justo
J
Ferrufino
Juan Carlos
JC