Continuous elevation of procalcitonin in cirrhosis combined with hepatic carcinoma: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Serum levels of procalcitonin (PCT) are considered a useful biomarker for the diagnosis of bacterial infection or inflammation. There are few reports of high PCT levels in end-stage liver disease regardless of bacterial infection. Here, we present a case of extremely high PCT levels (> 100 ng/mL) in a patient with severe cirrhosis combined with hepatic carcinoma.

Case presentation

A 65-year-old man developed end-stage cirrhosis with hepatic carcinoma. Radiographic imaging showed a massive hepatocellular carcinoma with multiple loci lack of indications of resection. Hence, transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization was performed three times over a period of 4 months. Before and after interventional therapies, the biochemistry laboratory results were only slig

SUBMITTER: Lu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792198 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature