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Dioctophymosis in a free-ranging maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus): clinical-t...
Oliveira,A.R.; Santos,D.O.; Pereira,F.M.A.M.; Carvalho,T.P.; Moreira,L.G.A.; Soares Neto,L.L.; Mangueira,D.K.A.; Mello,E.S.; Paixão,T.A.; Santos,R.L.ABSTRACT Dioctophymosis is the disease caused by Dioctophyma renale, a large nematode, popularly known as giant kidney worm, and whose definitive hosts are the domestic dog and many wild mammal species. There are some reports of maned wolf parasitism by D. renale, however, in most cases the reports are restricted to the finding of the parasite during necropsy, without clinical assessment. The present report aim...
Does hepatocellular carcinoma in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis exist in cirrhot...
Chagas,A.L.; Kikuchi,L.O.O.; Oliveira,C.P.M.S.; Vezozzo,D.C.P.; Mello,E.S.; Oliveira,A.C.; Cella,L.C.; Herman,P.; Bachella,T.; Caldwell,S.H.Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has been associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) often arising in histologically advanced disease when steatohepatitis is not active (cryptogenic cirrhosis). Our objective was to characterize patients with HCC and active, histologically defined steatohepatitis. Among 394 patients with HCC detected by ultrasound imaging over 8 years and staged by the Barcelona Clinic L...
Low occurrence of occult hepatitis B virus infection and high frequency of hepa...
Alencar,R.S.M.; Gomes,M.M.S.; Sitnik,R.; Pinho,J.R.R.; Malta,F.M.; Mello,I.M.V.G.C.; Mello,E.S.; Bacchella,T.; Machado,M.C.C.; Alves,V.A.F.Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported among patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our aim was to evaluate the presence of occult HBV infection in patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis (LC) with or without HCC in São Paulo, Brazil. Serum and liver tissue samples from 50 hepatitis B surface antigen-negative patients with HCV-related LC who und...