background: rupture into the biliary ducts is the most frequent complication of hydatid liver disease. in endemic areas of echinococcus granulosus, development of jaundice in a patient with liver cyst is initially suspected to have hydatid cyst. case presentation: a 48 year-old woman with history of asymptomatic hydatid liver cysts was admitted to the emergency department with right upper quadr...

background: hepatitis e virus is an enterically transmitted virus that is endemic in south asia and this virus is one of the most important cause of acute hepatitis in this region. although hepatitis e virus (hev) is not a leading cause for chronic hepatitis, the role of hev in exacerbation of chronic liver disease is certain. materials and methods: 100 cirrhotic cases (50 hepatitis b and 50 he...

background: celiac disease (cd) is an immune mediated condition that leads to small bowel atrophy that resolves with a gluten free diet (gfd). extra-intestinal manifestations of cd include hypertransaminasemia. in this study, the effects of a gfd on hypertransaminasemia in patients with newly diagnosed cd were studied. methods: ninety eight new diagnosed consecutive patients with cd 40 males an...

context patients with hepatic dysfunction suffer from many problems and associated complications in organs other than the liver. therefore, it is very important to investigate the effects of different drugs in the treatment of these patients. due to the high consumption of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (nsaids), studying the effects of these drugs in patients with hepatic dysfunction is...

a retrospective review of 126 surgically-proven cases of hydatid cyst of the liver was performed. sixty percent of the patients were in the third and fourth decades of life. the most common presenting complaint was right upper abdominal pain and/or fullness sensation (92%). duration of symptoms was more than two months in 61 %. one third of the patients had more than one cyst in the liver. cyst...

background: there are only a very small number of reports which discuss subtype, sex distribution, clinical features and laboratory characteristics of autoimmune hepatitis in children. the aim of this study was both to define the clinical features, biochemical and histological findings and also to determine the age and sex related distribution of autoimmune hepatitis (aih). materials and method...

background: obesity may lead to various morbidity including liver diseases. the present study was done to determine which obesity indices, including body mass index (bmi), waist circumference (wc), waist to hip ratio (whr), and waist to height ratio (whtr) have the stronger association with rising levels of alanine aminotransferase (alt). material and methods: of 6143 subjects aged ≥ 10 years o...

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is highly associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld). there are extensive ethnic differences in the clinical manifestations, pathological changes, and ovarian changes in women with pcos. objective: to investigate the prevalence and clinical characteristics of nafld in chinese women with pcos. materials and methods: non-pregnant women w...

background: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (nafld) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the world. although some studies have been conducted about dietary intakes of these patients, but the results are inconsistent. the aim of this study was to survey all macronutrients and micronutrients included in dietary intake of these patients for better understanding the factors influen...