Abstract

CREAGH GARCIA, Johenis; SUAREZ SORI, Boris; HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ, Mayelin  and  MARTINEZ PARADELA, Tania. Results of liver biopsy in the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver. AMC [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.4, pp. 518-527. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: nonalcoholic liver disease is an entity that has a broad clinical-pathological spectrum including simple steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. This is increasingly recognized as an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Objective: to describe the results of liver biopsy in the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from September 2014 to June 2016 at Manuel Ascunce Domenech Hospital. SPSS program was used to process statistical data. The results were presented in tables and relative and absolute frequencies were used. Results: most patients were 60 of age and over. The number of patients increased progressively in relation to age. As for sex, there were differences between the two, with women predominating over men. Almost all patients were asymptomatic, and those with symptoms, pain in the right hypochondrium and hepatomegaly were the most frequent. In the majority of patients, grade II non-alcoholic fatty liver followed by grade I was found. Only 35 patients presented grade III. Conclusions: the most frequent associated diseases were diabetes mellitus, obesity and overweight. Non-alcoholic fatty liver Grade II was the most frequent and the diagnosis of hepatic steatosis was made in almost all the patients.

Keywords : FATTY LIVER [diagnosis]; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; BIOPSY; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE.

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