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Di Costanzo G, Sacco R, de Stefano G, Montesarchio V, Cabibbo G, Zolfino T, Carucci P, Pisconti S, De Vita F, Giovanis P, Attili A, Erminero C, Fontana T, Daniele B. Safety and efficacy of sorafenib in stella study, a Multicenter, Observational, Phase IV Study In Italian Centers. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv344.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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de Stefano G, Scognamiglio U, Iodice V, Farella N, Simeone E, Montesarchio V. Efficacy and safety of combined sequential treatment with radiofrequency ablation and sorafenib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in intermediate stage ineligible for tace: a prospective randomized open study. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv344.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Keszler A, Adler LI, Gandolfo MS, Masquijo Bisio PA, Smith AC, Vollenweider CF, Heidenreich AM, de Stefano G, Kambo MV, Cox DP, Narbaitz M, Lanfranchi HE. MALT lymphoma in labial salivary gland biopsy from Sjögren syndrome: importance of follow-up in early detection. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2012; 115:e28-33. [PMID: 23157989 DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.07.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Revised: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas are known to occur in Sjögren syndrome (SS) patients, but reported cases in labial salivary glands (LSG) are rare. We report a case of 60-year-old female patient with SS who developed MALT lymphoma in the labial salivary glands during a 2-year time interval when she was participating in the Sjögren's International Clinical Collaborative Alliance, an ongoing longitudinal multisite observational study funded by the National Institutes of Health of the United States. At follow-up exam, LSG biopsy showed atypical diffuse infiltration by mononuclear cells of variable size and atypical nuclei affecting the whole specimen with destruction of glandular architecture, leading to a diagnosis of B-cell MALT lymphoma. Computerized tomography and bone marrow biopsy failed to show additional evidence of disease. Clinical, serologic, ocular, histologic and immunohistochemical findings are presented. A "watch and wait" policy was adopted with regular examinations.
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- A Keszler
- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Giorgio A, de Stefano G, Di Sarno A, Farella N, Giorgio V, Scognamiglio U, Mariniello A, Liorre G, Perrotta A, Mariniello N. Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma extended into the portal vein: Preliminary results. J Ultrasound 2009; 12:32-7. [PMID: 23396977 DOI: 10.1016/j.jus.2008.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION We report our preliminary results of radiofrequency (RF) ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and neoplastic portal thrombus (NPT) in cirrhotic patients. METHODS Ten patients (7 males and 3 females; mean age 68 yrs) with 10 HCC nodules (37-49 mm) extended into the main portal vein (MPV) underwent RF ablation. Diagnosis of NPT was achieved by fine-needle biopsy. RF ablation was performed firstly on the NPT and then on the HCC. RF ablation was considered successful when complete necrosis of the HCC and complete recanalization of the MPV were achieved. HCC necrosis was evaluated using contrast-enhanced CT. Recanalization of the portal vessels (PV) was analyzed using Color Doppler (CD). RF ablation was performed under ultrasonographic (US) guidance using a perfused electrode needle. RESULTS Complete necrosis of the HCC with complete recanalization of the PV was observed in 7 patients (success rate: 70%). In the remaining 3, necrosis of the HCC ranged from 70% to 95%, and recanalization of the PV was not complete. No major complications occurred. In 2 cases, mild ascites and increased aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase (AST/ALT) values were observed. The follow-up ranged from 4 to 24 months; 1 and 2-year survival rates were 77% and 77%, respectively. At the last follow-up, the 7 successful patients were alive and the portal system was still patent. The 3 unsuccessful patients died within 5 months due to progressive disease. CONCLUSION RF ablation can destroy HCC and NPT achieving a high rate of efficacy and low rate of complications. However, to confirm these results a control group and a longer follow-up are required.
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- A Giorgio
- Infectious Diseases and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, D. Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy
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Giorgio A, de Stefano G, Di Sarno A, Liorre G, Scognamiglio U, Iaquinta S, Mariniello A, Giorgio V, de Stefano M, Perrotta A. Clinical and sonographic management of viable hydatid liver cysts. J Ultrasound 2008; 11:107-12. [PMID: 23396755 DOI: 10.1016/j.jus.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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AIM The aim of this study was to review our 18-year experience in the treatment of viable hydatid liver cysts (HLCs) with double percutaneous aspiration and ethanol injection (D-PAI) and to provide indications for the clinical management of HLCs. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 1989 to December 2007, 127 patients (100 males; 13-80 years) with 184 viable HLCs (137 univesicular, 47 multivesicular; 2.8-20 cm) underwent D-PAI. RESULTS Ultrasonography (US) showed complete disappearance of 125/184 (68%) cysts; in the remaining 59 cases, an inactive solid (37 cases, 20%) or liquid pattern (22 cases, 12%) was observed with volume decreases of 50-80%. The final US pattern was unmodified during the follow-up in 96.8%. Local recurrences were observed in 5 patients (3.9%): 4 patients with 8 multivesicular cysts and 1 patient with a bilocular cyst (with a solid pattern on US) that ruptured into the biliary tree 2 years after the procedure and disappeared after endoscopic sphincterectomy. The mortality rate was 0.8%, and the overall morbidity was 8.6%. The mean hospital stay was 2.9 days. The time of healing for smaller cysts (<5 cm) was shorter than that of large cysts (≥5 cm) (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION Our long-term results confirm the high effectiveness of D-PAI in the treatment of HLCs. These results suggest that multilocular cysts require closer follow-up than unilocular cysts.
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- A Giorgio
- Infectious Diseases and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, D. Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy
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Giorgio A, de Stefano G, Esposito V, Liorre G, Di Sarno A, Giorgio V, Sangiovanni V, Iannece MD, Mariniello N. Long-term results of percutaneous treatment of hydatid liver cysts: a single center 17 years experience. Infection 2008; 36:256-61. [PMID: 18473119 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-7103-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2007] [Accepted: 10/24/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Liver cystic echinococcosis is considered a relatively benign disease, nevertheless, treatment is mandatory in symptomatic cysts and recommended in active cysts because of the risk of severe complications. Surgery is still considered the gold standard treatment. In the last two decades percutaneous injection of scolicidal agents has been developed with excellent results in terms of disappearance of the cyst, very low side effects and low mortality rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred sixty eight patients with 225 liver cysts were studied. A total of 108 patients with 151 viable hydatid liver cysts underwent Double Percutaneous Aspiration and Injection of alcohol of the cyst without re-aspiration of the ethanol, which remained in situ. RESULTS The mortality rate was 0.9% (1 patient), the overall morbidity was 8.6% with only 2.5% of major side effects. The mean hospital stay was very short (2.9 days). Follow-up ranged from 14 to 204 months (median 48 months). Ultrasonography showed complete disappearance of the cyst with reconstitution of liver parenchyma in 109 out of 225 (48.4%) cysts; in the remaining cysts a solid or a liquid findings were observed in 104 (46.2%) and 12 (5.3%), respectively, with a decreased volume of 50-80%. CONCLUSION These data show that Double Percutaneous Aspiration and Injection of alcohol for hydatid liver cysts can achieve comparable results to open surgery. The low incidence of side effects shows that this technique is safe and cost effective, compared to radical or conservative surgery.
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- A Giorgio
- U.O. di Ecografia Interventistica IX Divisione A.O, D. Cotugno Hospital, Via Quagliariello 54, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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Tarantino L, Francica G, Sordelli I, Esposito F, Giorgio A, Sorrentino P, de Stefano G, Di Sarno A, Ferraioli G, Sperlongano P. Diagnosis of benign and malignant portal vein thrombosis in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: color Doppler US, contrast-enhanced US, and fine-needle biopsy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 31:537-44. [PMID: 16865315 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-005-0150-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND We assessed the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the differential diagnosis between benign and malignant portal vein thrombosis in patients who had cirrhosis with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS Fifty-four consecutive patients who had cirrhosis, biopsy-proved HCC, and thrombosis of the main portal vein and/or left/right portal vein on US were prospectively studied with color Doppler US (CDUS) and CEUS. CEUS was performed at low mechanical index after intravenous administration of a second-generation contrast agent (SonoVue, Bracco, Milan, Italy). Presence or absence of CDUS signals or thrombus enhancement on CEUS were considered diagnostic for malignant or benign portal vein thrombosis. Twenty-eight patients also underwent percutaneous portal vein fine-needle biopsy (FNB) under US guidance. All patients were followed-up bimonthly by CDUS. Shrinkage of the thrombus and/or recanalization of the vessels on CDUS during follow-up were considered definitive evidence of the benign nature of the thrombosis, whereas enlargement of the thrombus, disruption of the vessel wall, and parenchymal infiltration over follow-up were considered consistent with malignancy. CDUS, CEUS, and FNB results were compared with those at follow-up. RESULTS Follow-up (4 to 21 months) showed signs of malignant thrombosis in 34 of 54 patients. FNB produced a true-positive result for malignancy in 19 of 25 patients, a false-negative result in six of 25 patients, and a true-negative result in three of three patients. CDUS was positive in seven of 54 patients. CEUS showed enhancement of the thrombus in 30 of 54 patients. No false-positive result was observed at CDUS, CEUS, and FNB. Sensitivities of CDUS, CEUS, and FNB in detecting malignant thrombi were 20%, 88%, and 76% respectively. Three patients showed negative CDUS and CEUS and positive FNB results; follow-up confirmed malignant thrombosis in these patients. One patient showed negative CDUS, CEUS, and FNB findings. However, follow-up of the thrombus showed US signs of malignancy. Another FNB confirmed HCC infiltration of the portal vein. CONCLUSION CEUS seems to be the most sensitive and specific test for diagnosing malignant portal vein thrombosis in patients with cirrhosis.
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- L Tarantino
- Hepatology and Interventional Ultrasound Unit, S. Giovanni di Dio Hospital, ASL NA3, Frattaminore, Naples, Italy.
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Olivieri I, de Stefano G, Padula A, La Gala A, de Stefano C. Infliximab in a case of early adult-onset Still?s disease. Clin Rheumatol 2003; 22:369-70. [PMID: 14579170 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-003-0744-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2003] [Accepted: 04/08/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Tarantino L, Giorgio A, de Stefano G, Farella N, Perrotta A, Esposito F. Disseminated mycobacterial infection in AIDS patients: abdominal US features and value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of lymph nodes and spleen. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 28:602-8. [PMID: 14628859 DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0035-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND We evaluated the efficacy of abdominal ultrasound (US) and fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) in the diagnosis of disseminated mycobacteriosis (DM) in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). METHODS Twelve AIDS patients (nine male, three female; age range, 22-43 years) with DM underwent abdominal US within 2 days after admission with 3.5- to 5-MHz convex probes and a 7.5-MHz linear probe. All patients underwent FNAB of one or two enlarged abdominal lymph nodes. Eight patients underwent FNAB of the spleen. The aspirated specimens were stained with acid fast for quick examination and cultured for isolation of mycobacteria. RESULTS Abdominal US showed enlarged, hypoechoic, round or oval, abdominal lymph nodes (diameter, 10-35 mm; mean, 18 mm) in all patients; splenomegaly (spleen diameter, 14-22 cm; mean, 16.8 mm) in all patients; numerous splenic abscesses (diameter, 3-20 mm) in nine patients; hepatomegaly (right hepatic lobe thickness, 14.5-17 cm) in all patients; small intestinal wall thickening in five patients (maximum bowel wall thickness, 7-15 mm); mild to moderate ascites in six patients; pleural effusion in four patients; bilateral enlargement of the kidneys with hyperechogenicity of the cortex in three patients; and a retroperitoneal tubercular abscess in one patient. No complication occurred after FNAB of lymph nodes and spleens. Fast-acid stain of spleen and/or lymph node FNAB specimens allowed early diagnosis of mycobacteriosis in 12 of 12 cases (100%). Cultures of lymph node aspirates grew mycobacteria in six of 12 patients (50%). Spleen aspirates grew mycobacteria in nine of nine patients (100%). Blood cultures were positive in four of 12 patients (33%). Mycobacterium tuberculosis was diagnosed in six patients and M. avium in five. CONCLUSION Abdominal US features can suggest DM in AIDS patients. Spleen and/or lymph node FNAB indicated the specific diagnosis in 100% of patients.
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MESH Headings
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/diagnostic imaging
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/microbiology
- Adult
- Biopsy, Needle
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection/diagnostic imaging
- Peritonitis, Tuberculous/diagnostic imaging
- Peritonitis, Tuberculous/microbiology
- Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal/diagnostic imaging
- Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal/microbiology
- Tuberculosis, Hepatic/diagnostic imaging
- Tuberculosis, Hepatic/microbiology
- Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/diagnostic imaging
- Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/microbiology
- Tuberculosis, Splenic/diagnostic imaging
- Tuberculosis, Splenic/microbiology
- Ultrasonography
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- L Tarantino
- Interventional Ultrasound Service D, Cotugno Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Via Quagliariello, 54-80131 Naples, Italy
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OBJECTIVE To describe echo color Doppler features of mumps epididymo-orchitis in postpubertal boys and men. METHODS Color Doppler ultrasonographic examinations of the scrotum in 12 patients (14-34 years old) with serologically proven mumps and symptomatic epididymo-orchitis (pain and scrotal swelling) were compared with color Doppler ultrasonographic examinations of the scrotum in 10 healthy control subjects. RESULTS Clinically evident testicular involvement was bilateral in 1 patient and unilateral in 11 patients (9 left- and 2 right-sided). Four (33.3%) of 12 patients had swelling and a heterogeneous echo texture of the epididymis and hydrocele. Two (16.7%) of 12 patients had swelling of both the epididymis and didymus of the involved side, with a heterogeneous echo texture of the didymus due to hypoechoic, irregularly shaped, confluent intraparenchymal areas. Two (16.7%) of 12 patients had only unilateral mild hydrocele and no testicular abnormalities. In 4 (33.3%) of 12 cases, B-mode ultrasonographic examination did not show any testicular abnormalities or hydrocele. Hydrocele was anechoic in 4 cases and multiseptated in 4. In 12 (100%) of 12 patients, color Doppler and power Doppler ultrasonography showed hypervascularity in the parenchyma of the affected testicle. In 11 patients, spectral Doppler examination of the arteries at the testicular hilum showed a significantly lower mean +/- SD resistive index (0.54 +/- 0.03; range, 0.48-0.57) on the inflamed side compared with the opposite unaffected side (mean, 0.66 +/- 0.04; range, 0.71-0.60) (P < .001). In the patient with bilateral involvement, the mean resistive index values in the right and left testicular arteries were 0.57 and 0.55, respectively. The mean resistive index of the 13 inflamed testicles (0.54 +/- 0.03; range, 0.48-0.57) was significantly different from the mean resistive index values of the right (0.68 +/- 0.03) and left (0.67 +/- 0.04) testicular arteries in healthy control subjects (P < .001). The mean resistive index in the 11 unaffected testicles in our patients (0.66 +/- 0.04; range, 0.71-0.60) was not significantly different from the mean resistive index in healthy control subjects. CONCLUSION. Ultrasonographic findings in mumps orchitis are not specific. Echo color Doppler examination is more sensitive than ultrasonography alone for revealing testicular inflammation.
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- L Tarantino
- Ultrasound Service, D. Cotugno Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Naples, Italy
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Giorgio A, Tarantino L, de Stefano G, Francica G, Mariniello N, Farella N, Perrotta A, Aloisio V, Esposito F. Hydatid liver cyst: an 11-year experience of treatment with percutaneous aspiration and ethanol injection. J Ultrasound Med 2001; 20:729-738. [PMID: 11444731 DOI: 10.7863/jum.2001.20.7.729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To report an 11-year experience of treatment of hydatid liver cysts with double percutaneous aspiration and injection of alcohol. METHODS Of the 129 patients with 174 hydatid liver cysts admitted to our department between January 1988 and January 1999, 79 patients with 119 vital hydatid liver cysts were selected for double percutaneous aspiration and injection of alcohol. Under ultrasonographic guidance, cystic cavities were first drained through fine needles, and then 95% sterile ethanol was injected and left in situ. The same procedure was repeated 3 days later without reaspiration of the injected alcohol. General anesthesia without endotracheal intubation was performed in 21 selected cases. RESULTS Double percutaneous aspiration and injection of alcohol was completed in 78 patients with 118 hydatid liver cysts. In 1 case the procedure could not be accomplished because of an intracystic hemorrhage. A total of 254 punctures were performed, and the ethanol injected per session ranged between 12 and 250 mL. The mean hospital stay was 2.9 days (range, 2-7 days). The overall median follow-up was 48 months (range, 6-122 months). At the last ultrasonographic examination, 45.8% of the treated hydatid liver cysts had a solid pattern, 47.4% were no longer appreciable, and 6.8% had a minimal liquid component. Intracystic relapse occurred in 5% of the patients. In no case were any new cysts observed either in different hepatic segments or in any extrahepatic location. The morbidity rate was 9%, and 1 death occurred (mortality rate, 1.3%). CONCLUSIONS Over a long period, double percutaneous aspiration and injection of alcohol proved to be a substantially safe, effective, and low-cost procedure for hydatid liver cyst treatment.
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- A Giorgio
- Servizio di Ecografia Interventistica, Ospedale D. Cotugno, Naples, Italy
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Licciardello M, Carames A, de Stefano G, Quiroga L, Balza Moreno JD. [Images in medicine. Prolonged febrile syndrome and inferior vena cava thrombosis]. Medicina (B Aires) 2001; 59:768. [PMID: 10752225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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- M Licciardello
- Servicio de Clínica Médica y Hematología Clínica, Hospital Churruca-Visca, Buenos Aires
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Giorgio A, Tarantino L, de Stefano G, Perrotta A, Aloisio V, del Viscovo L, Alaia A, Lettieri G. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous ethanol injection under general anesthesia for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma on cirrhosis: long-term results in 268 patients. Eur J Ultrasound 2000; 12:145-54. [PMID: 11118922 DOI: 10.1016/s0929-8266(00)00113-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) under general anesthesia (One-shot PEI) is a therapy for large and multiple hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by the injection of a large amount of ethanol into the tumor. We report our results with 5-year survival rates in patients with HCC on cirrhosis treated with One-shot PEI. PATIENTS AND METHODS From October 1992 to March 1998, 268 cirrhotic patients (age 42-82 years; 191 males; 95 Child-Pugh's A class, 150 B and 23 C class of cirrhosis) with 515 HCC nodules underwent One-shot PEI. Diameter of HCC nodules ranged from 0.6 to 14 cm (mean 5.02 +/- 2.2 cm; median: 4 cm). One hundred and thirty-eight patients had a single nodule (range 3.2-14 cm; mean 5.6 +/- 2.1 cm), 130 had multiple nodules, up to six nodules (mean 2.9 nodules) (range 0.6-11 cm; mean 4.8 +/- 2.1 cm) RESULTS CT showed complete necrosis in 357/506 nodules (70%). Five patients (1.8%) with nine nodules died as a result of the procedure (variceal bleeding in three cases, liver failure in one and hemoperitoneum in one). The overall survival rates were 93, 83, 74, 65 and 59% at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, respectively. Survival rates were 90, 84, 82 and 82% at 12, 24, 36 and 48 months, respectively, in patients with a single nodule less than or = 5 cm, and 97, 71, 59, 59 and 59% at 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months, respectively, in patients with single nodule >5 cm. Patients with multiple nodules had survival rates of 97, 89, 75, 60 and 60% at 12, 24, 36, 48 and 60 months, respectively. CONCLUSION PEI of large and multiple HCC showed survivals similar to conventional PEI for patients with smaller tumors.
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- A Giorgio
- Interventional Ultrasound Service, 'D. Cotugno' Hospital, Via Quagliariello 54, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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Pasquale PD, Stefano GD, Paterna S. Mineralocorticoids and cardiovascular diseases. Status of knowledge from experimental and clinical studies. Ital Heart J 2000; 1:595-604. [PMID: 11130838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Although results of randomized trials have demonstrated the beneficial effects of ACE-inhibitors, mortality and morbidity remain high in patients with heart failure and myocardial infarction. In fact, there are data suggesting that aldosterone production may occur despite ACE-inhibitor treatment. There is recent evidence that aldosterone exerts a pro-fibrotic effect, via the mineralocorticoid receptors in cardiovascular tissues resulting in partial aldosterone production during ACE-inhibitor treatment. Mineralocorticoids have also been identified within the cardiovascular system and they may determine increased collagen synthesis which within fibroblasts is largely controlled by locally generated aldosterone. Cardiovascular tissue also expresses genes which are responsible for the late stages of aldosterone and corticosterone formation. Cardiac and vascular tissues elaborate the aforementioned steroids, with the result that aldosterone is more concentrated in the cardiovascular tissue rather than in the circulation. It is probable that locally, while not contributing to the coronary circulation, aldosterone plays an autocrine and/or paracrine role within the tissue of origin. Such roles may relate to local modulation of vessel tonicity and structure, with consequent effects on blood pressure, and repair of damaged tissue through a possible up-regulation of collagen deposition. The ability of the cardiovascular system to elaborate aldosterone opens a vast new area of study since it is becoming increasingly apparent that this local production of mineralocorticoids results in high levels of steroids within the cells of origin and those in the immediate vicinity. The recent RALES trial has shown a significant reduction in mortality, non-fatal hospitalization and sudden death. The fact that patients were on ACE-inhibitors, and accordingly circulating aldosterone levels were presumably reduced, presents the intriguing possibility that spironolactone may block the autocrine and paracrine effects of locally generated aldosterone. This trial has contributed to better understand the pathophysiology of heart failure and its therapeutic strategies. Further studies are required to address this treatment in patients with other heart diseases (hypertension, post-myocardial infarction) and in lower heart failure classes.
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- P D Pasquale
- Division of Cardiology "Paolo Borsellino ", G.E Ingrassia Hospital, Palermo, Italy.
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Tarantino L, Giorgio A, Mariniello N, de Stefano G, Perrotta A, Aloisio V, Tamasi S, Forestieri MC, Esposito F, Esposito F, Finizia L, Voza A. Percutaneous ethanol injection of large autonomous hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules. Radiology 2000; 214:143-8. [PMID: 10644114 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.214.1.r00ja13143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To verify the effectiveness of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) in the treatment of large (>30-mL) hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve patients (eight women, four men; age range, 26-76 years) with a large hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule (volume range, 33-90 mL; mean, 46.08 mL) underwent PEI treatment under ultrasonographic (US) guidance. US was used to calculate the volume of the nodules and to assess the diffusion of the ethanol in the lesions during the procedure. When incomplete necrosis of the nodule was depicted at scintigraphy performed 3 months after treatment, additional PEI sessions were performed. RESULTS Four to 11 PEI sessions (mean, seven) were performed in each patient, with an injection of 3-14 mL of 99.8% ethanol per session (total amount of ethanol per patient, 30-108 mL; mean, 48.5 mL). At scintigraphy after treatment in all patients, recovery of extranodular uptake, absence of uptake in the nodule, and normalization of thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin) levels were observed. In all patients, US showed volume reductions of 30%-50% after 3 months and 40%-80% after 6-9 months. Side effects were self-limiting in all patients. During the 6-48-month follow-up, no recurrence was observed. CONCLUSION PEI is an effective and safe technique for the treatment of large hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules.
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- L Tarantino
- Ultrasound Service, D. Cotugno Hospital, Torre del Greco (Na), Italy
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Giorgio A, Tarantino L, Mariniello N, de Stefano G, Perrotta A, Aloisio V, Voza A, Finizia L, Alaia A, Del Viscovo L. Percutaneous ethanol injection under general anesthesia for hepatocellular carcinoma: 3 year survival in 112 patients. Eur J Ultrasound 1998; 8:201-6. [PMID: 9971904 DOI: 10.1016/s0929-8266(98)00077-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVE percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) under general anesthesia (One Shot PEI) is a new therapy for large and multiple hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by the injection of large amount of ethanol in the tumor. We report our results with 3 years survival rates in patients with HCC on cirrhosis treated with One Shot PEI. PATIENTS AND METHODS between October 1992 and July 1996, 112 cirrhotic patients (79 males; age: 45-80; mean: 64 years) with 215 HCC nodules (diameter 0.6-14 cm; mean 4.1 cm) underwent One Shot PEI. Fifty-three patients had a single nodule (diameter=3-14 cm; mean=4. 5 cm), 59 had two or more (two to five) nodules (diameter=0.6-13 cm; mean=4.9). Ethanol injected ranged between 16 and 120 ml per session. Survival rates were calculated according to Kaplan-Meier method and Wilcoxon test was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS five patients died within 7 h-10 days after the treatment for rupture of esophageal varices in three cases, rupture of subcapsular HCC in one case and liver failure in one case. In the remaining 107 patients, dynamic CT or spiral CT, performed 72 h-1 month after the treatment, showed complete necrosis in 76 cases (71%) and incomplete necrosis (although always ?50%) in 31. Survival rates at 1, 2, 3 years in all 107 patients were 88, 76, and 76% respectively. Survival rates in Child A Class patients were 100, 92, 92% and in Class B patients were 84, 72, and 72% at 1, 2, 3 years respectively; in Class C were 70 and 40% at 1 and 2 years respectively (P=0.01). Survival rates in patients with single nodule were 95, 82 and 82% at 1, 2 and 3 years, while in patients with multiple nodules were 80, 68 and 58% at 1, 2 and 3 years respectively (P=n.s.). During the follow-up (6-46 months) 48 patients showed intrahepatic recurrences; 41 out of them were retreated with new sessions of One Shot PEI or traditional PEI. CONCLUSIONS PEI One Shot is more aggressive than traditional PEI. Survival rates of PEI One Shot seems similar to those obtainable by conventional PEI and even better than surgery.
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- A Giorgio
- Interventional US Service, D. Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy.
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Giorgio A, de Stefano G, Tarantino L, Perrotta A, Aloisio V, Forte G. [Ultrasonography in diagnostic and therapeutic management of the abscesses due to Actinomyces spp]. Infez Med 1997; 5:266-8. [PMID: 12845317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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A case of abscess of masseter muscle by Actinomyces spp. is described. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration allowed diagnosis by cytology. Specific antibiotic treatment was started and US-follow-up showed complete healing of the lesion with restitution ad integrum of the muscle.
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- A Giorgio
- Servizio Autonomo di Ecografia ed EcoInterventistica-Ospedale D Cotugno, Napoli
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Giorgio A, de Stefano G, Tarantino L, Mariniello N, Amoroso P. [Not Available]. Infez Med 1995; 3:91-4. [PMID: 14978385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Authors describe three cases of liver abscesses due to Salmonella typhi (2 solitary, 1 with double localization in the right lobe) in which specific diagnosis was based on US examination with aspiration and culture of the pus. In all cases cultures of biologic fluids were negative; Widal test became significantly positive only in one patient 15 days after discharge. Percutaneous drainage was performed under US guidance; only in one case a second aspiration was needed three days after the first one. Fever disappeared within 48-72 hours after abscess's drainage. Complications and side-effects were never observed.
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- A Giorgio
- V Divisione Ospedale D. Cotugno Specializzato per Malattie Infettive, Napoli, Italy
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Giorgio A, Tarantino L, de Stefano G, Francica G, Aloisio T, Pierri P, Scala V, Pierri G. [Percutaneous therapy of hydatid cyst of the liver with ultrasound-guided double puncture-aspiration and alcoholization]. Radiol Med 1991; 82:460-4. [PMID: 1767053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Fourteen patients (9 females, 5 males; age range: 22-80 years) with 16 univesiculated hydatid cysts of the liver (O ranging 4.2-14 cm) underwent two sessions of puncture-aspiration-alcohol injection (D-PAI) under real-time US guidance at 3-day intervals. Two patients had postoperative recurrences. One patient was pregnant (9 weeks' gestation): her cyst doubled its volume over 2 months. One patient had HBV chronic hepatitis treated by means of interferon: also in this case the cyst doubled its volume. The remaining were high-risk patients for surgery or had refused operation. At US follow-up (ranging 4-24 months) 6 cysts exhibited complete reconstitution of liver parenchyma. In the extant patients two different US patterns were observed: 1) liquid areas with detached inner membranes (4 cysts); 2) solid inhomogeneous areas (6 cysts). In these cases the volume was reduced by 50-80%. No allergic complication occurred either during or after the procedure. Two patients only were affected with vomiting and fever, which resolved in a few hours. Our results indicate D-PAI of univesiculated hydatid cysts of the liver to be an effective alternative to surgery.
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- A Giorgio
- V Divisione, Ospedale Specializzato per Malattie Infettive D. Cotugno, Napoli
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Liberti A, Perrella O, Caruso I, Pesce G, de Stefano G, Bisogno A, Izzo E. [Seroepidemiologic and behavioral characteristics of a group of HIV-Ab positive homosexuals]. Riv Eur Sci Med Farmacol 1991; 13:71-5. [PMID: 1796199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The present study was designed to demonstrate the role of homosexuality in transmission of HIV infection. The results, in cases showed by authors, suggest that the homosexuality is not significative for transmission in HIV infection. Whereas it is significative (56.52%) in transmission of syphilis. The study has demonstrated that homosexuals are not disposed very much to the use of sexual prevention.
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Giorgio A, Amoroso P, de Stefano G, Fico P, Finelli L, Pesce G, Pierri P, Lettieri G, Pierri G. Ultrasonically-guided percutaneous transcholecystic cholangiography--an alternative approach in cases of biliary obstruction and failure of percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. Hepatogastroenterology 1988; 35:268-70. [PMID: 3063645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Fourteen ultrasonically-guided percutaneous transcholecystic cholangiographies (PTCC) were performed in subjects with biliary obstruction with different underlying diseases. No complication was observed, and the procedure permitted diagnosis in all cases, although the previously reported difficulty of visualizing proximal bile ducts was confirmed in two cases. PTCC can constitute a valid and safe diagnostic alternative in obstructive jaundice in which no dilation of intrahepatic bile ducts is revealed on US, in cases in which percutaneous trans-hepatic cholangiography fails.
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- A Giorgio
- 5th Department, "D. Cotugno" Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Naples, Italy
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Giorgio A, Amoroso P, Francica G, de Stefano G, Fico P, Lettieri G, Tarantino L, Finelli L, Fiorentino F, Pierri P. Echo-guided percutaneous puncture: a safe and valuable therapeutic tool for amebic liver abscess. Gastrointest Radiol 1988; 13:336-40. [PMID: 3049210 DOI: 10.1007/bf01889093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To clarify the therapeutic role of echo-guided percutaneous puncture (EPP) in management of amebic liver abscess, 20 patients (24 abscesses) received metronidazole plus EPP. Fluid was aspirated through Chiba needles under real-time sonographic guidance so as to reduce cavity size to less than 3 cm. Not more than two EPPs were necessary in the majority of cases and no complication followed the procedure. This scheme resulted in a shortening of time of both hospitalization (less than or equal to 20 days) and liver lesion healing as assessed by ultrasound (less than or equal to 4 months). It is concluded that EPP is a valuable and safe therapeutic tool for hepatic amebic abscess.
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- A Giorgio
- 5th Division, "D. Cotugno" Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Naples, Italy
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Giorgio A, Amoroso P, de Stefano G, Fico P, Tarantino L, Lettieri G, Pierri P, Finelli L, Pierri G. [Clinical significance of hyperechogenic focal lesions of the cirrhotic liver]. Radiol Med 1988; 75:173-6. [PMID: 2451843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A review was made of the ultrasonographic (US) examinations performed over the period 1981-1986; 27 cirrhotic patients with hyperechoic liver lesions were identified, whose diagnoses had been made by means of either US-guided percutaneous biopsy, or laparoscopy, or autopsy. In 24 patients hepatocellular carcinomas nodules (HCC) were found, associated with cirrhosis, while in 3 cases only cirrhosis was seen. In the above mentioned 3 cases, a 2-year US follow-up showed no variation in the size of the nodules. These data confirm the importance of US in the screening of risk HCC patients, and point out that--however small--hyperechoic lesions in a cirrhotic liver suggest the cancerization of the substanding cirrhosis.
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- A Giorgio
- V Divisione Ospedale Specializzato per Malattie Infettive D. Cotugno, USSL 41, Napoli
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Amoroso P, Giorgio A, Lettieri G, Fico P, Scala V, de Stefano G, Pierri P, Pesce G, Finelli L, Pierri G. Survey of delta infection in the Naples basin: a possible epidemiologic model for endemic areas. Hepatogastroenterology 1987; 34:200-2. [PMID: 3679078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The prevalences of delta co-infections and superinfections in 100 randomly selected subjects for each year from 1977 to 1982 and in all the subjects of subsequent years until April 1986, admitted to our Department with acute viral hepatitis B (AVHB), were evaluated and compared with the annual incidence of cases of AVHB reported in Naples during the same period. Moreover, anti-delta antibodies were determined in the sera of 25 consecutive cases of HBsAg-positive chronic active hepatitis and 25 consecutive cases of HBsAg-positive chronic active hepatitis and 25 consecutive cases of HBsAg-positive cirrhosis, respectively, for 1977, 1980, 1983 and 1986. Our data show a high, constant circulation of HDV and a decrease in its incidence in acute forms over the last 3 years, which coincides with the parallel lower incidence of AVHB, but which is not reflected in the delta prevalence in the chronic forms. They also indicate the possible existence of alternate cycles of increase and decrease in the infection, partly dissociated from HBV circulation, which present peculiar epidemiologic characteristics.
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- P Amoroso
- V. Department D. Cotugno Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Naples, Italy
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Giorgio A, Amoroso P, Lettieri G, Fico P, de Stefano G, Finelli L, Scala V, Tarantino L, Pierri P, Pesce G. Cirrhosis: value of caudate to right lobe ratio in diagnosis with US. Radiology 1986; 161:443-5. [PMID: 3532188 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.161.2.3532188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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To verify the value of ultrasound (US) in the diagnosis of cirrhosis, the ratio of transverse caudate lobe width to right lobe width (C/RL) was determined with US in 25 healthy subjects and 156 consecutive patients with either histologically proved acute viral, chronic persistent, or chronic active hepatitis or cirrhosis. The C/RL ratio had a sensitivity of 43%, a specificity of 100%, and an accuracy of 79% in cirrhosis. The sensitivity was very low in alcoholic cirrhosis, low in cryptogenic cirrhosis, and high in hepatitis B virus related cirrhosis. In spite of its fairly low overall sensitivity, the C/RL ratio is a useful measurement in assessing chronic liver disease because of its high specificity in cirrhosis.
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Amoroso P, Giorgio A, Fico P, Lettieri G, de Stefano G, Scala V, Pesce G, Pierri P, Pempinello R, Finelli L. Delta infection in the Naples area. Epidemiologic and clinical significance. J Hepatol 1986; 2:11-8. [PMID: 3950360 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(86)80003-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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To define the epidemiologic and clinical significance of delta infection in the Naples area, we sought anti-delta antibodies in all cases of HBV-associated liver diseases, hospitalized in our department during 1983 (234 acute hepatitis, 9 of which fulminant; 51 chronic hepatitis; 32 cirrhosis; 19 hepatocarcinomas) and in randomly selected acute hepatitis over the previous 6 years. Delta agent in acute forms and IgM anti-HBc in delta-positive acute forms were also tested. The acute cases were controlled for at least 9 months after dismissal. Delta infection showed a high prevalence in the Naples area (20% of all acute cases in 1983; similar prevalences in previous years; high rate of coinfections, 81%; no peculiar modalities of circulation) and a high pathogenicity, as proved by the greater prevalence in fulminant cases (66.7%) and severe chronic forms. Moreover superinfection appears a more dangerous event than coinfection as regards the diseases becoming chronic (77.8% vs 2.5%).
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