Elevated liver function tests in a patient on palbociclib and fulvestrant

An unusual cause of elevated values on liver function tests in a liver transplant patient.

ankur Jain, MD amandeep Sahota, MD najeeb S alshak, MD Jim K tung, MD Introduction Biliary obstruction and rejection are two of the most common causes of abnormal findings on liver function tests (LFTs) in patients who have already undergone liver transplantation. Here we present a post-transplant patient with jaundice. Tests showed that he had no hepatitis B surface antigen before transplantat...

compactifications and function spaces on weighted semigruops

chapter one is devoted to a moderate discussion on preliminaries, according to our requirements. chapter two which is based on our work in (24) is devoted introducting weighted semigroups (s, w), and studying some famous function spaces on them, especially the relations between go (s, w) and other function speces are invesigated. in fact this chapter is a complement to (32). one of the main fea...

Rhabdomyolysis and elevated liver function tests—what’s the underlying cause?

A 71-year-old man with a past history of carcinoma of the prostate was admitted in August 2011, feeling unwell and with new-onset weakness of the quadriceps muscles for the past 2 days. He had initially received a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the prostate in May 2011 and he had been treated with cyproterone acetate 300 mg since June 2011. He had also been on aspirin 75 mg and simvastatin 40 m...

Effect of Ramadan Fast on Liver Function Tests

A review on laboratory liver function tests

Laboratory liver tests are broadly defined as tests useful in the evaluation and treatment of patients with hepatic dysfunction. The liver carries out metabolism of carbohydrate, protein and fats. Some of the enzymes and the end products of the metabolic pathway which are very sensitive for the abnormality occurred may be considered as biochemical marker of liver dysfunction. Some of the bioche...