Rapid evolution of chronic viral hepatitis into hepatocellular carcinoma after beta-interferon treatment

被引:0
作者
Malaguarnera, M [1 ]
Restuccia, S [1 ]
Di Fazio, I [1 ]
Di Marco, R [1 ]
Pistone, G [1 ]
Trovato, BA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Catania, Dept Internal Med & Geriatr, I-95124 Catania, Italy
关键词
interferons; cytokines; hepatitis C; hepatitis B; carcinoma; hepatocellular;
D O I
暂无
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
A 62-year-old man, affected by Chronic Active Hepatitis (discovered in 1993) and treated with interferon, referred to our department with increased abdominal volume, persistent abdominal pain, continuous-remittent fever and jaundice. CT scan of the liver revealed a hypodense, not capsulated, infiltrative, solid formation in the right lobe, US guided biopsy showed multinucleated giant cells, with eosinophilic cytoplasm and pleomorphism of the nuclei, arranged in several thick trabecula Lined by endothelial cells or formed bile containing acini, In our case, the rapid evolution of chronic viral hepatitis towards HCC calls for a careful evaluation of the role of IFN therapy, since this drug is widely used in chronic liver diseases.
引用
收藏
页码:59 / 61
页数:3
相关论文
共 20 条
  • [1] [Anonymous], 1990, ANN SURG, V211, P277
  • [2] ANTHONY PP, 1987, PATHOLOGY LIVER, P574
  • [3] DEVELOPMENT OF AGGRESSIVE PLASMA-CELL LEUKEMIA UNDER INTERFERON-ALPHA THERAPY
    BLADE, J
    LOPEZGUILLERMO, A
    TASSIES, D
    MONTSERRAT, E
    ROZMAN, C
    [J]. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, 1991, 79 (03) : 523 - 525
  • [4] BRENNING G, 1985, SCAND J HAEMATOL, V35, P178
  • [5] DESMET VJ, 1994, HEPATOLOGY, V19, P1513, DOI 10.1002/hep.1840190629
  • [6] EXPRESSION OF THE TERMINAL PROTEIN REGION OF HEPATITIS-B VIRUS INHIBITS CELLULAR-RESPONSES TO INTERFERON-ALPHA AND INTERFERON-GAMMA AND DOUBLE-STRANDED-RNA
    FOSTER, GR
    ACKRILL, AM
    GOLDIN, RD
    KERR, IM
    THOMAS, HC
    STARK, GR
    [J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1991, 88 (07) : 2888 - 2892
  • [7] REPRESSION OF THE INTERFERON SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAY BY THE ADENOVIRUS E1A ONCOGENE
    GUTCH, MJ
    REICH, NC
    [J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1991, 88 (18) : 7913 - 7917
  • [8] HAUSEN HZ, 1986, LANCET, V2, P489
  • [9] KANDA K, 1991, Journal of Interferon Research, V11, pS152
  • [10] INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BLOOD-TRANSFUSION, NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS AND HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA - ANALYSIS BY DETECTION OF ANTIBODY TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS
    KIYOSAWA, K
    SODEYAMA, T
    TANAKA, E
    GIBO, Y
    YOSHIZAWA, K
    NAKANO, Y
    FURUTA, S
    AKAHANE, Y
    NISHIOKA, K
    PURCELL, RH
    ALTER, HJ
    [J]. HEPATOLOGY, 1990, 12 (04) : 671 - 675