Turkish Journal of Pathology

Türk Patoloji Dergisi

Turkish Journal of Pathology

Ankara Patoloji Bülteni Archive

2000, Vol 17, Num, 2     (Pages: 080-083)

Histopathology in Hepatitis C-Positive Dialysis Patients

Çiğdem Ataizi Çelikel1,Erol Avşar2, Handan Kaya1, Sevgi Küllü1

1Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul
2Marmara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Gastroentereloji Anabilim Dalı, İstanbul


Liver biopsies in hepatitis C virus positive end stage renal patients on hemodialysis were compared to that of chronİc hepatitis C patients without renal diseases. Portal inflammation, Lymphoid aggregates/follicles, steatosis, and interface hepatitis were less common and mild in hemodialysis patients (p< 0,05). Bile duct damage was present in 12.5 % and 37.5 % ofthe hemodialysis patients and patients without renal diseases respectively (p> 0.05). There was no difference between hemodialysis patients and patients without renal diseases in respect to fibrosis score. Oil data showed that hepatitis C virus leads to chronic hepatitis with mild activity but with similar risk of progressive liver disease as in chronic hepatitis C patients without renal diseases.

Keywords : Hemodiyaliz, hepatit C, histopatoloji.