Challenging clinical cases in HCV infection

We present clinical cases, which underline some difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Case report #1 shows a patient who avoided clinical follow-up for HCV until the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. In this patient, non-invasive procedures did not allo...

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Published inBMC infectious diseases Vol. 14 Suppl 5; no. S5; p. S7
Main Authors Strazzulla, Alessio, Matera, Giovanni, Mammone, Selma Valerie, Vaccaro, Vittoria, Pisani, Vincenzo, Costa, Chiara, Manti, Francesco, Doldo, Patrizia, Cosco, Lucio, Quintieri, Francesco, Cesario, Francesco, Liberto, Maria Carla, Giancotti, Aida, Torti, Carlo, Focà, Alfredo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central 05.09.2014
BioMed Central Ltd
Subjects
Abdomen
Aged
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnosis
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - virology
Case Report
Colleges & universities
Disease
Epidemiology
Genotype & phenotype
Hepacivirus - genetics
Hepacivirus - isolation & purification
Hepacivirus - physiology
Hepatitis
Hepatitis C - diagnosis
Hepatitis C - virology
Hepatitis C virus
Hospitals
Humans
Hypertension
Infections
Liver cancer
Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis
Liver Neoplasms - virology
Male
Medical imaging
Patients
Tomography
Ultrasonic imaging
Viral infections
Writing
Italy
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Summary:We present clinical cases, which underline some difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Case report #1 shows a patient who avoided clinical follow-up for HCV until the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. In this patient, non-invasive procedures did not allow to make a differential diagnosis between hydatidosis and hepatocellular carcinoma but diagnosis was only made with liver biopsy.
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ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/1471-2334-14-S5-S7