Objective To investigate the ultrasonic changes of hepatic veins and splenic veins during various immune stages with different CD4⁺T lymphocyte count. Methods Fifty AIDS/HIV patients with chronic viral hepatitis treated between January 2010 and October 2013 were designated as the case group, and another 50 patients with simple chronic viral hepatitis were regarded as the controls. For patients in the case group, we observed their ultrasonic changes of hepatic and splenic veins during various immune stages with different CD4⁺T lymphocyte count. The results of observation and clinical laboratory analysis were compared. Results Abnormal ultrasonic changes were detected in the liver in various immune stages based on the CD4⁺T lymphocyte count, and the main manifestations of these changes included unclear portal and splenic vein distal direction, wide diameter, slowed blood flow velocity, and disappearance of fluctuations of blood flow spectrum; and unclear hepatic vein distal direction, low and three-phase, and negative blood flow spectrum with the disappearance of windows were also detected. There were no statistical differences between the case group and the control group when the CD4⁺T cell count was over 300/mm³, and a few indexes were significantly different when the CD4⁺T cell count was between 100 and 200/mm³. However, the differences of almost all indexes were significant when the CD4⁺T cell count was below 100/mm³. Conclusion Patients with HIV/AIDS combined with chronic viral hepatitis have ultrasonographic abnormalities of intrahepatic and splenic veins, which is more obvious as the CD4⁺T cell count declines. Overall consideration of intrahepatic vein and splenic vein ultrasonic indicators helps clinical assessment of disease development in patients with HIV/AIDS combined with chronic viral hepatitis.

Citation： CAOFen, YEQing. Correlation between Ultrasonographic Features of Patients with HIV/AIDS Combined with Chronic Viral Hepatitis and CD4⁺T Lymphocyte Count. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(11): 2077-2080. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140625 Copy