ABSTRACT
La biopsia hepática es necesaria para la evaluación de la hepatitis crónica. Su utilidad reside en la valoración del grado de inflamación y fibrosis del paciente con hepatitis crónica. La utilización de un sistema semicuantitativo para la clasificación de las biopsias de hepatitis crónicas es necesaria con el fin de tener parámetros menos subjetivos, y para comparar la evolución ante una potencial terapia. Se establece una puntuación semicuantitativa que determina la graduación y el estadiaje. Se considera importante tener como mínimo para la valoración de una biopsia hepática, la presencia al menos de 3-5 espacios porta y realizar tinciones de rutina como hematoxilina eosina, tricromico, reticulita y orceina. Se considera básico para la definición de los tratamientos la actividad inflamatoria y el estadio de la fibrosis, apoyando a la parte clínica, bioquímica y de biología molecular del virus de hepatitis B.
The hepatic biopsy is necessary for the evaluation of chronic hepatitis. Its usefulness is relies on the assessment of the inflammation degree and fibrosis of the patient with chronic hepatitis. The use of a semi quantitative system for the classification of chronic hepatitis biopsies is necessary to keep less subjective parameters and to compare its evolution for a potential therapy. A semi quantitative score is established to determine the degree and staging. For the assessment of a hepatic biopsy, it is important to get at least 3-5 porta spaces and perform routine tinctions as hematoxylin-eosin, trichromic, reticulite and orcein. This is essential for the definition of treatments, inflammatory activity and fibrosis stage, supporting the clinical, biochemical, and molecular biology parts of the viral burden of the hepatitis B virus.
Subject(s)
Humans , Biopsy , Hepatitis B, Chronic/diagnostic imaging , Hepatitis B/diagnosisABSTRACT
Although a pathogenic mechanism of hemolytic anemia complicated with viral hepatitis is unknown, it is suggested that there are four mechanisms; 1) In the individual who has predisposition to hemolytic anemia, viral infection accelerates the red cell destruction & hemolysis become obvious. 2) Directly, virus itself injures to the red cell membrane. 3) The serious liver failure & hypersplenism induce the hemolysis. 4) Autoimmune hemolytic anemia because of immunological abnormality caused by viral infection. We experienced a case of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in 33-year-old male patient who was diagnosed as chronic lobular hepatitis B with biopsy. Diagnosis was estabilished by clinical features, blood cell count, routine urinalysis, direct & indirect Coombs test, liver function test, immunoglobulin quantitations, hepatitis B marker, bone marrow aspiration, and liver biopsy. This case was treated with corticosteroid and transfusion. During follow-up, he has been well tolerated.