ABSTRACT In order to draw evidence-based recommendations concerning the management of autoimmune diseases of the liver, the Brazilian Society of Hepatology has sponsored a single-topic meeting in October 18th, 2014 at São Paulo. An organizing committee comprised of seven investigators was previously elected by the Governing Board to organize the scientific agenda as well as to select twenty panelists to make a ...
BACKGROUND: Porphyria cutanea tarda is the most common form of porphyria, characterized by the decreased activity of the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase enzyme. Several reports associated HFE gene mutations of hereditary hemochromatosis with porphyria cutanea tarda worldwide, although up to date only one study has been conducted in Brazil.OBJECTIVES: Investigation of porphyria cutanea tarda association with C282...
O estudo ultra-sonográfico de 33 pacientes com degeneração hepatolenticular revelou as seguintes alterações princpais: desordens da ecotextura hepática (29 casos), alterações das dimensões esplénicas (21), contração do fígado (10), colelitíase (8), hepatomegalia e ascite (1). As desordens da ecotextura hepática se apresentaram sob diversas formas, desde leves até graves alterações da ecogênese hepática, associa...