A 39-year-old man with ulcerative colitis for 10 years and treated with 5-ASA has also primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) for the last 5 years
February 9, 2024A 31-year-old previously healthy primagravida presents in the 29th week of gestation with progressively worsening pruritus
November 10, 2023A portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is diagnosed in a 50 years-old man with polycythaemia vera
May 12, 2023A 48-year-old female nurse presents with abdominal pain and hepatomegaly
April 28, 2023Liver transplantation (LT) should be considered in any patient with end-stage liver disease
April 14, 2023A 68-year-old man with established cirrhosis due to metabolic dysfunction associated fatty liver disease presents to the emergency room
March 17, 2023The pattern of liver damage after an occupational exposure is classified according to International Consensus criteria
February 3, 2023A 62-year-old nurse with HBV-related cirrhosis and a history of recurrent hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is uncertain about the amount of daily protein intake recommended
January 20, 2023A 36-year-old engineer presents with pain in the upper right abdomen and epigastrium.
January 6, 2023A 63-year-old Irish lawyer with healthy appearance (bronzed skin) and a normal body mass index
October 7, 2022A 36-year-old healthy male patient without abdominal symptoms was involved
September 23, 2022A 78-year-old male patient presents with abdominal pain and hepatomegaly.
September 9, 2022A 46-year-old man presents at the outpatient clinic with elevated serum liver tests observed since two years.
July 29, 2022A 54-year-old man with primary sclerosing cholangitis stage 4 (biliary cirrhosis)
June 17, 2022During a screening for unexplained symptoms of portal hypertension symptoms
June 3, 2022A 43-year-old man with an estimated regular alcohol intake of at least 50g per week
April 22, 2022Which is the reference procedure to identify NASH patients for inclusion into therapeutic phase IIB/III trials?
November 19, 2021Which of the following non-invasive findings are in line with validated criteria for clinically non-significant portal hypertension so that endoscopy to exclude esophageal varices can be avoided in a patient with cirrhosis.
July 2, 2021A 51-year-old man with chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection and a 4 cm hepatocellular carcinoma underwent liver transplantation (LT)
April 9, 2021A 44-year-old woman, who underwent liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis three years ago, has been maintained on tacrolimus monotherapy as immunosuppressive therapy for 2.5 years.
March 5, 2021A 50-year-old woman is found to have oesophageal varices at endoscopy performed because of dyspepsia.
February 19, 2021An otherwise relatively healthy 64-year-old man is found to have small esophageal varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy on an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy performed for persistent dyspepsia
December 18, 2020An otherwise healthy 43-year-old woman underwent an abdominal ultrasound as part of a routine gynecological workup.
The ultrasound reports a normal liver, normal kidneys and pancreas. Her gallbladder has 3 gallstones of less than 5mm and the extrahepatic bile ducts appear free of stones and are not dilated. She is concerned about these gallstones and her doctor told her she needs surgery.October 9, 2020A 34-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with a 1 week history of fatigue, malaise, lethargy and jaundice.
Which of the following measures should be implemented first?August 28, 2020A 62-year-old man with hepatitis B and decompensated cirrhosis was recently discharged.
What should he be eating?August 14, 2020