Transjugular liver biopsy in high-risk patients with hepatic disease.
Radiology
; 153(1): 91-3, 1984 Oct.
Article
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| ID: mdl-6473806
ABSTRACT
Records were reviewed of 160 patients who underwent transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB) during a five-year period. Percutaneous transperitoneal needle biopsy was contraindicated in 95% of these patients because of coagulation abnormalities or massive ascites. Moderate complications occurred in two patients. Diagnostic biopsy material was obtained in 129 (81%). TJLB provided useful information in 44 of 58 patients without documented alcohol abuse (clinical Groups III and IV). TJLB disclosed additional diagnoses aside from Laennec cirrhosis in 15 of 48 alcoholic patients with sudden clinical deterioration (Group II), including 11 cases with other stages of alcholic liver disease and four cases of primary or metastatic neoplasm. TJLB revealed diagnoses other than Laennec cirrhosis, including three neoplasms, in six of 54 clinically stable alcoholics (Group I). TJLB frequently yielded important data relative to clinical management or prognosis in Group II, III, and IV patients; it was less useful in Group I patients.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hepatopatias
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Radiology
Ano de publicação:
1984
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Article