Liver Disease and Treatment Needs of Asymptomatic Persons Living With Hepatitis B in Senegal.

The prevalence of active hepatitis B among asymptomatic persons remains unclear in Africa. Of 1206 newly diagnosed persons in Senegal, 12.3% had significant fibrosis and 31.

Hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma in a 36-year-old pregnant woman: prognosis and management dilemma.

Management of chronic hepatitis B infection complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in pregnancy poses a treatment dilemma as the pregnancy accelerates disease progression and narrows the diagnostic tools and therapeutic choices. Studies have reported higher maternal and fetal losses. We share our experience with a 36-year-old pregnant woman who presented at 35 weeks' gestation with a large painful nodular liver and significant weight loss.

[Viral Hepatitis B: clinical, paraclinical and evolutionary features within the Hepatogastroenterology Department at the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital: about 728 cases].

Viral Hepatitis B is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa accounting for approximately 65 million of chronic carriers and 56.000 deaths per year. Our study aims to investigate the epidemiological paraclinical, therapeutic and evolutionary features of viral hepatitis B in patients followed up in our Department and to describe their serological profiles.

[An unusual cause of jaundice].

Hepatic impairment is common during hyperthyroidism. It is most often asymptomatic. Hyperthyroidism revealed by jaundice has been rarely described in the literature.