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  • Title: Hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis in south India--an autopsy study.
    Author: Sundaram C, Reddy CR, Ramana GV, Benerjea S, Venkataratnam G, Kumari GS, Reddy BS, Bhaskaran CS.
    Journal: Indian J Pathol Microbiol; 1990 Oct; 33(4):334-8. PubMed ID: 1966741.
    Abstract:
    This study is aimed at finding the association of hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis with hepatitis B surface antigen in a particular geographical area, Andhra Pradesh State in South India. In total, 206 cases of autopsy livers were studied for the presence of hepatitis B surface antigen by orcein staining. Of the 114 cases of cirrhosis 67.54% were positive for the antigen. There were 13 cases of macronodular, 55 cases of mixed and 46 cases of micronodular cirrhosis. The antigen positivity was 100%, 98.7% and 21.74% respectively. The difference in positivity between micronodular and the other two types of cirrhosis was statistically significant (P less than 0.01). Of the 58 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma, 50 were associated with cirrhosis. In 80% of these cases, hepatitis B surface antigen was demonstrated, whereas 75% of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma not associated with cirrhosis, were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen. The geographical importance of these findings was discussed.
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