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A study is made of 681 donors who came to the Blood Bank of Maputo Central Hospital in Mozambique during the months of November, 1984, to January, 1985. By means of the technique of counterimmunoelectrophoresis it was determined that 18.6% of donors were positive for Ag HBs. Likewise, 90 patients were analyzed; these patients were hospitalized in the Gastroenterology Service of the hospital with different clinical diagnoses: primary liver carcinoma (14), acute hepatitis (24), cirrhosis (10), chronic hepatitis (7), and others (35). 41.6% of the patients hospitalized with hepatitis were type B. There was a significant relationship between Ag HBs carriers and patients with primary liver carcinoma.
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PMID:[Prevalence of HBSAG in blood donors and patients at the central hospital of Maputo, Mozambique, 1985]. 256 97

Six intraoperative blood samples were obtained at intervals from each of 100 individuals undergoing their first liver transplants. The patients fell into the following diagnostic categories: postnecrotic cirrhosis 28, primary biliary cirrhosis 20, sclerosing cholangitis 19, miscellaneous diseases 14, carcinoma/neoplasia 12 and fulminant hepatitis 7. Coagulation factor values in the initial (baseline) blood samples varied by patient diagnosis. In general, all factor levels were reduced except factor VIII:C, which was increased to almost twice normal. The slight intraoperative changes in factors II, VII, IX, X, XI and XII suggested that a steady-state relationship existed between depletion (consumption/bleeding) and repletion (transfusion, transit from extra- to intravascular space), even in the anhepatic state. In contrast, there were rapid and very significant falls in factor VIII and fibrinogen and a less pronounced decrease in factor V, all reaching their nadirs in early to mid-Stage III. The cause of these coagulation changes appears to be activation of the fibrinolytic system.
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PMID:Liver transplantation: intraoperative changes in coagulation factors in 100 first transplants. 265 Dec 69

An embryonal carcinoma of the testicle developed in a 29-year-old white man 3 months after recovery from hepatitis B surface antigen-positive hepatitis. Microscopic sections prepared with formalin-fixed tumor tissue were stained with anti-hepatitis B surface antibody and examined by fluorescent microscopy. Appropriate control procedures, including absorption techniques, were also performed. The carcinoma cells contained hepatitis B surface antigen; controls, including sections from normal testicles and three other testicular tumors, were negative. The result indicates that the hepatitis B virus in this case was localized in the tumor cells. The patient was alive and well 4 years after undergoing orchiectomy and chemotherapy.
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PMID:Localization of hepatitis B virus in a primary testicular cancer. 267 87

The mortality rate from hepatic failure after extensive resection should be negligible in the presence of normal results from preoperative liver function tests in patients without pre-existing hepatitis and cirrhosis. Despite conventionally acceptable results from preoperative hepatic function tests in 56 patients undergoing extensive hepatic resection for tumours (47 metastatic, six hepatomas and three adenomas), however, five patients died of hepatic failure. Among the many preoperative and intraoperative risk factors studied, the important factors in the group with hepatic failure were very high levels of serum alkaline phosphatase (p less than 0.05) in the presence of normal levels of bilirubin and large tumor, preoperative administration of chemotherapy, the presence of hepatomas rather than metastatic carcinoma (p = 0.083) and intraoperative blood loss of greater than 5,000 milliliters (p = 0.03). The patients receiving preoperative chemotherapy or those with hepatoma showed a minimal rise of alkaline phosphatase (p less than 0.03) and a minimal regeneration of liver on computed tomographic (CT) scan after hepatic resection. In the group with hepatic failure, a consistent postoperative pattern of increasing bilirubin with normal or subnormal alkaline phosphatase levels corresponded with lack of regeneration of liver on repeated CT scans. Conversely, the pattern of decreasing bilirubin with reciprocal increase in alkaline phosphatase corresponded with hepatic regeneration on CT scan in the group of survivors. Thus, we observe that alkaline phosphatase is a good indicator of hepatic regeneration in the absence of jaundice in patients after hepatectomy. To avoid postoperative hepatic failure, we recommend more discriminant tests than conventional hepatic function tests in patients with large tumors associated with high alkaline phosphatase levels, preoperative chemotherapy and hepatoma even without pre-existing cirrhosis or hepatitis.
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PMID:Risk factors before hepatectomy, hepatic function after hepatectomy and computed tomographic changes as indicators of mortality from hepatic failure. 274 Sep 65

Locoregional chemotherapy was applied to 30 patients for isolated, surgically not removable liver tumours (13 colorectal carcinomas, 17 carcinomas on different sites). Ten patients were in Stage I, 16 in Stage II, and four in Stage III. Cytostatics were administered through totally implantable catheter systems. The following therapeutic protocol was mainly used: 5-flourouracil 800-1,000 mg/m2/3hr/die X 5 in 22 days, adriamycin 30 mg/m2/3 hr/die X 2 in 22 days. The average time of treatment amounted to ten months. Cytotoxis side effects were of minor importance. Hepatic side effects, such as chemical hepatitis or sclerosing cholangitis, were not recordable. Reduction of tumour size by 50 percent or more was recorded by computed tomography from 14 cases (46.6 percent). The objectivated rate of responsiveness in patients with colorectal carcinoma was 61.5 percent. The average period up to progression amounted to 12.1 months. Premortal spreading of the disease beyond the liver was recorded from six patients.
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PMID:[Experiences with intra-arterial tumor chemotherapy of malignant liver tumors via totally implantable catheter systems]. 275 Mar 52

It is well known that intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy is a safe and effective treatment for superficial bladder carcinoma with few serious complications. However, we report a case of pneumonitis, hepatitis, azotemia, fever and pancytopenia in a patient after transurethral administration of bacillus Calmette-Guerin. Even though severe systemic complications are rare, patients who have high fevers of signs of other systemic manifestations require documentation of the extent of the infection. Also, we address the use of prophylactic antituberculous drugs, not only to prevent these symptoms but also to raise the questions of diminishing the immunological effect of the treatment.
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PMID:Systemic bacillus-Calmette Guerin infection after transurethral administration for superficial bladder carcinoma. 279 34

The reactivity of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) with Lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) was studied by crossed immuno-affinity electrophoresis of the sera of 246 subjects from 6 groups (acute virus hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), carcinoma metastatic to the liver and normal controls). Two species of AAT (LCA-reactive and -nonreactive species) were detected on crossed immuno-affinity electrophoresis in a gel containing LCA. The percentages of LCA-reactive species of AAT in neoplastic diseases of the liver were significantly higher than those in benign liver diseases and normal controls. There was no correlation between the percentage of LCA-reactive species of AAT and serum AAT concentration in any group. Furthermore, in studying 15 pairs of serum samples before and after the subsequent development of HCC, the percentage of LCA-reactive species of AAT after HCC occurrence was significantly higher than that before, although there was no statistically significant difference between the serum AAT concentration before and after development of the disease. The latter 15 patients were all of the normal protease inhibitor phenotype (PiMM) and no change in phenotype was observed before and after the development of HCC. The results indicate that measurement of the reactivity of AAT with LCA can be a useful marker for the diagnosis of HCC and carcinoma metastatic to the liver, especially when serum concentrations of alpha-foetoprotein or other tumour markers are within the normal ranges.
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PMID:The reactivity of alpha-1-antitrypsin with Lens culinaris agglutinin and its usefulness in the diagnosis of neoplastic diseases of the liver. 282 74

Twenty evaluable patients with primary or secondary neoplastic liver involvement received FUDR (0.2 to 0.3 mg/kg per day) by continuous infusion to the hepatic artery for 14 days, every 4 weeks, through a surgically implanted Infusaid (USA) pump. In addition to FUDR, MMC (15 mg/m2 every 6 to 8 weeks) was given to 14 patients with colorectal cancer and one patient with breast cancer, and ADR, (40 mg/m2 every 4 to 6 weeks) was given to 5 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. MMC and ADR were given as a bolus injection, through the pump sideport. Radiation therapy to the liver (2,000 rads in fractions of 180 to 200 rads each) was given to eight patients with colorectal carcinoma. In total, the 20 patients received 218 months of treatment and 580 injections. The overall remission rate (complete, partial and minor response) was 55%; one patient with a colorectal carcinoma achieved a CR and seven patients (35%) a PR; three patients (15%) had a MR, and in eight patients (40%) stabilization of disease was observed. Overall median survival was 12 months: 15.5 months for colorectal cancer patients and 7.5 months for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Toxicity consisted mainly of chemical hepatitis, mild to severe peptic disease and sclerosing cholangitis. Hematological toxicity was not observed. These data suggest that chemotherapy through the hepatic artery, while still experimental, may be considered for selected patients with tumor confined to the liver.
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PMID:Treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancer using an implantable chemoinfusion pump. 284 96

13 patients with extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma treated in our institute from 1960 to 1986 are reported. All were proven by pathology. There were 10 moderately differentiated or mucin adenocarcinomas, 2 poorly differentiated and 1 undifferentiated cancers. There were 9 males and 4 females with an average age of 60.6 years. Progressive obstructive jaundice was the most common presenting symptom (11/13). Hepatomegaly was found in 7 patients, distended gallbladder in 4 and gallstone in 2. Before operation, 10 patients were misdiagnosed as hepatitis, cholecystitis or cholelithiasis. During operation, regional lymph node metastasis was observed in the majority of patients. Palliative operation was performed in 10 patients and radical surgery in 3. Three received operation plus postoperative radiotherapy. None survived more than two years. The lesions occurred frequently in the upper bile duct (8 patients). The middle bile duct and diffuse type carcinomas comprised 2 each. One was not recorded clearly. The prognosis is related to the gross type of the tumor and differentiation degree. Finally, carcinogenesis is discussed briefly.
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PMID:[Carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile duct--report of 13 patients]. 285 Jan 47

The proportion of primary hepatic cell carcinoma in overall cancer morbidity holds high for many regions of the world. In addition to hepatitis B virus the underlying etiologic factors are probably mycotoxins and sex hormones. Multistage process of malignant transformation can be appropriately simulated on the model of chemical carcinogenesis. Such pattern of prolonged hepatic tumor formation is not true for avian liver tumors induced by MC-29 retrovirus. Out of 9800 autopsies performed by the authors hepatic cirrhosis was registered in 396, primary cancer of the liver in 87 cases. History of hepatitis was present in 16% of the patients who had died of primary hepatic cancer. Enzyme immunoassay of 50 cirrhosis and 50 primary cancer samples revealed hepatitis B virus antigens in 10% of cases. Histochemical appearance of surgically removed tumors of the liver was similar to that of experimental tumors. The study suggested that hepatitis B virus could not be considered the underlying cause of cirrhosis and primary cancer of the liver in Hungary.
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PMID:[The role of the hepatitis B virus in the development of liver cirrhosis and tumors]. 285 34


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