LIVER-DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH HUMAN-IMMU NODEFICIENCY-VIRUS INFECTION - STUDY OF 100 BIOPSY SAMPLES

Liver disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Study of 100 biopsy samples Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-relate d liver disease is frequently diagnosed. We report a study about 100 l iver biopsy samples (LB) in patients with HIV infection. The aim of th e study has been to analyze the liver biopsy yield when a systemic dis ease (group A) or a chronic liver disease (group B) are suspected. Tub erculosis, all of them disseminated, was the most common finding in gr oup A biopsy samples, and a 81% yield was obtained. Chronic active hep atitis was the most common finding group B, and profitability reached 90%. We conclude that LB is the elective method to diagnose systemic d isease, in patients previously selected according to their clinical fi ndings, and that final diagnoses and safe.