Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2015, vol. 24, nr 4, July-August, p. 671–677

doi: 10.17219/acem/22913

Publication type: review

Language: English

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Current Possibilities to Assess the Degree of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Haemophilia Infected with HCV – Review

Marta Kucharska1,B,C,D, Marcin Inglot2,B,D, Małgorzata Kuliszkiewicz-Janus3,E, Monika Pazgan-Simon4,B,C, Brygida Knysz1,A,E,F

1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Acquired Immune Deficiences, Wrocław Medical University, Poland

2 Department of General and Pediatric Radiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

3 Department of Hematology, Blood Neoplasms and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Wrocław Medical University, Poland

4 1st Division of Infectious Diseases, J. Gromkowski Regional Specialist Hospital, Wrocław, Poland

Abstract

Haemophilia is an entity, wherein the HCV infection rate is greater than in the general population and ranges between 70–90%. The majority of HCV infections were acquired by hemophiliacs in the 1980s, by the use of infected cryoprecipitate or fresh frozen plasma preparations. It is therefore highly likely that many of them, more than twenty years after the infection, have developed advanced liver disease. Until recently, in order to assess its severity, it was necessary to perform a liver biopsy. Currently, we observe rapid developments of non-invasive methods that are particularly useful in patients with bleeding disorders. The most popular include elastography (Fibroscan, SWE) and the algorithms based on measurements of the relevant blood parameters (e.g. FibroTest, Fibrometer, APRI index). Ease of implementation of these studies, no need for hospitalization of the patient or specific preparation for surgery, allow for quick and minimally invasive assessment of liver disease progression and classification of the patient to the appropriate antiviral therapy.

Key words

fibrosis, haemophilia, hepatitis C, non-invasive methods, liver biopsy.

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