High prevalence of parotideal abnormalities among HCV infected patients.
Infez Med
; 22(1): 31-5, 2014 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-24651088
ABSTRACT
Several salivary diseases, such as Sjogren syndrome (SS), chronic lymphocytic sialadenitis and parotid non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, may occur in the setting of HCV infection. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of parotid abnormalities in a cohort of 310 patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) attending the Unit of Infectious Diseases of the Garibaldi Nesima Hospital of Catania. Our control group consisted of 188 patients with chronic HBV infection. We found that the prevalence of parotideal diseases was significantly higher among HCV-infected patients in comparison with HBV-infected (17% vs. 1%). Indeed, 53 CHC subjects had parotideal abnormalities 24 patients (45.3%) had lymphoepithelial cysts of the salivary gland, six patients (11.3%) had a benign tumour, six patients (11.3%) had granulomatous lesions, 12 patients (22.7%) had Sjogren's syndrome and four patients (7.5%) were diagnosed as having chronic lymphocytic sialadenitis. Finally, one patient (1.9%) had parotid non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. In conclusion, parotideal abnormalities are common among HCV-infected individuals and targeted diagnostic protocols may help identify parotid involvement in this population of subjects.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Parotídeas
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Hepatite C Crônica
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Infez Med
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália