ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2012 | Volume
: 18 | Issue : 1 | Page : 18--22
Hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis D: Does it differ from hepatitis B monoinfection?
Zaigham Abbas, Mustafa Qureshi, Saeed Hamid, Wasim Jafri
Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Correspondence Address:
Zaigham Abbas
Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi-74800
Pakistan
Background/Aim: Hepatitis D virus (HDV) superinfection in patients with chronic hepatitis B leads to accelerated liver injury, early cirrhosis, and decompensation. It may be speculated that hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may differ in these patients from hepatitis B virus (HBV) monoinfection. The aim of this study was to compare clinical aspects of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients of hepatitis D with HBV monoinfection. Patients and Methods: A total of 92 consecutive HCC cases seropositive for antibody against HDV antigen (HDV group) were compared with 92 HBsAg-positive and anti-HDV-negative cases (HBV group). Results: The features including sex, body mass index, presence of ascites, serum biochemistry, gross tumor appearance, child class, barcelona cancer liver clinic and okuda stages were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Decreased liver size was noticed more in cases of HDV compared with HBV group where the liver size was normal or increased (P=0.000). HDV patients had lower platelets (P=0.053) and larger varices on endoscopy (P=0.004). Multifocal tumors and elevated alpha-fetoprotein level >1000 IU/mL were more common in HBV group (P=0.040 and P= 0.061). TNM classification showed more stage III-IV disease in HBV group (P=0.000). Conclusion: Decreased liver size and indirect evidence of more severe portal hypertension and earlier TNM stage compared with HBV monoinfection indicate that HDV infection causes HCC in a different way, possibly indirectly by inducing inflammation and cirrhosis.
How to cite this article:
Abbas Z, Qureshi M, Hamid S, Jafri W. Hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis D: Does it differ from hepatitis B monoinfection?.Saudi J Gastroenterol 2012;18:18-22
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Abbas Z, Qureshi M, Hamid S, Jafri W. Hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis D: Does it differ from hepatitis B monoinfection?. Saudi J Gastroenterol [serial online] 2012 [cited 2022 May 17 ];18:18-22
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