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ArticleClinical and experimental hepatology2020

Comparison of hepatic and splenic stiffness in chronic hepatitis C infection with and without schistosomal infection; correlation with hepatic histopathological changes.

Ahmed Al Gohary, Amany Elyamany, Dina Abdalla, Ahmed Abolfadl

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Ahmed Al GoharyFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Amany ElyamanyFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Dina AbdallaFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Ahmed AbolfadlFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Alexandria University · EG

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Abstract

aim of the studyTo assess the degree of liver and spleen stiffness in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients co-infected with schistosomiasis, and chronic HCV mono-infected patients. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe present study was conducted on 50 Egyptian chronic HCV patients, categorized into two groups: group A (25 patients with chronic HCV mono-infection) and group B (25 patients with chronic HCV and schistosomiasis coinfection). Also, 25 age- and sex-matched healthy subjects with no evidence of liver disease were included in the study as a control group. Stage of fibrosis was assessed invasively by histopathological examination of liver biopsies (patients only) and non-invasively by acoustic radiation force impulse imaging (ARFI) (all subjects).

resultsARFI of liver (ARFI L) and ARFI of spleen (ARFI S) in group A patients who had significant fibrosis were 1.82 ±0.24 and 2.72 ±0.26, respectively, while in group B, ARFI L and ARFI S in patients with significant fibrosis was 1.99 ±0.53 and 3.10 ±0.57, respectively.

conclusionsThe current study demonstrated insignificantly higher values of liver stiffness and significantly higher values of spleen stiffness assessed by ARFI in patients co-infected with HCV and schistosomiasis than mono-infected with HCV.

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elasticityhepatitis C virusschistosomiasisstiffness

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