[A comparative cross-sectional study of the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with liver cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B virus, alcohol, or combination of hepatitis b virus and alcohol].

Background/aims: Alcohol may be a cocarcinogen in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. We investigated the effect of alcohol on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in liver cirrhosis (LC) caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV).

Methods: All patients with LC or HCC associated with HBV or alcohol, admitted between March 2001 and June 2005, were included.

[A case of colon obstruction developed during the recovery period of acute pancreatitis].

Complications of acute pancreatitis usually occur in pancreas and its contiguous organs. The prevalence of colonic invasion is rare, however, the consequence is fatal, with mortality above 50%. The initial symptoms and onset times are variable and major affected sites are transverse colon and splenic flexure.