The Potential of Liver Fibrosis Indexes/Scores for the Screening of Cryptic Liver Fibrosis in Patients with NASH Risk Factors: A Case Report
Journal Title: Archives of Hepatitis Research - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The unintentional discovery of cirrhosis in a patient with prostate cancer lead us to enquire if some of the indexes/scored designed for the evaluation of liver fibrosis/cirrhosis, in Chronic Hepatitis C patients, could have helped us in the detection of incipient liver fibrosis, and its follow up, in this patient. We applied seven indexes/scores using the analytical results obtained throughout eighteen years before the diagnosis of cirrhosis. The analysis of the results leads us to hypothesize that AP index, Forns Index, FIB4, and modified Phol Score, could alert of initial fibrosis stages and its progression to cirrhosis in NASH patients.
Authors and Affiliations
M Eguiluz, MJ Andrés-Otero, I De-Blas, JJ Puente-Lanzarote, S Lorente-Pérez, JM Lou-Bonafonte
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- DOI 10.17352/ahr.000007
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