Coeliac disease and the liver: spectrum of liver histology, serology and treatment response at a tertiary referral centre.

Background: Coeliac disease (CD) is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy diagnosed on the basis of ESPGHAN criteria and clinical response to gluten-free diet (GFD). Histological abnormalities on liver biopsy have been noted in CD but have seldom been described.

Aims: To assess the histological spectrum of 'coeliac hepatitis' and possibility of reversal of such features after a GFD.

Primary intracardiac leiomyoma arising from cardiomyocyte progenitors at the right ventriculoseptal interface: case report with literature review.

Primary cardiac neoplasms are rare and are usually benign myxomas and rhabdomyomas. Cardiac leiomyomas are usually seen as a part of the spectrum of intravenous leiomyomatosis or benign metastasizing leiomyoma. De novo occurrence of primary intracardiac leiomyomas (PICL) is a rarity.

Can acoustic radiation force impulse elastography be a substitute for liver biopsy in predicting liver fibrosis?

Aim: To evaluate the clinical feasibility and accuracy of acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI) elastography for the detection of liver fibrosis in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.

Materials And Methods: ARFI-based ultrasound elastography was performed in 69 patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) of viral aetiology and 36 healthy volunteers. Fifty-eight patients with CLD also underwent liver biopsy.

Clear cell hepatocellular carcinoma: Back to the basics for diagnosis.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common cancer world-wide with a higher incidence in Asia. Clear cell variant of HCC (CCHCC) has a frequency ranging from 0.4% to 37%.