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FATTY LIVER in HIV+, alcohol, 50% have NAFLD, 27% Liver Fibrosis - The prevalence of liver fibrosis in HIV infected patients with abnormal liver function tests
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"26.7% (40/150 see Table 2) of this small cohort with abnormal liver function tests had significant liver fibrosis predicted by FibroScan (≥7.0kPa)......14/21 (66.7%) patients undergoing liver biopsy had a clinical diagnosis of NAFLD: 71.4% (10/14) had steatohepatitis on liver biopsy and were at risk of progression to liver cirrhosis; 66.7% (4/6) of patients with a normal FibroScan® score had steatohepatitis on liver biopsy; 71.4% (10/14) had steatohepatitis on liver biopsy and were at risk of progression to liver cirrhosis"
Reported by Jules Levin
25th Annual Conference of BHIVA, 2-5 April 2019 - Venue: Bournemouth International Centre, UK
Hathorn E1,2 and Manavi K1
1HIV Service, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 2Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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