Patient with cryptogenic cirrhosis

Abstract

Cryptogenic cirrhosis is cirrhosis of uncertain etiology, with no definitive clinical and histological criteria for a specific disease. More than half of such patients are women, the average age is about 60, and patients generally have only mild liver enzyme abnormalities. Cryptogenic cirrhosis's pathophysiology is unknown; therefore, further research is required to elucidate the underlying etiology. The problem of liver cirrhosis is extremely important since this pathology occurs mainly in young and healthy people. In patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis, aminotransferase (AST and ALT) levels are usually only mildly elevated or normal. In our case report, a 41-year-old male patient was approved to the emergency department due to migraine pain. Liver enzymes were high in the blood analysis taken from the patient. As a result of the liver ultrasound carried out on the patient, it was reported to have decreased liver size and irregular boundaries and compatible with chronic liver disease. The patient used various analgesics due to migraine in his 20s. However, no cause could be identified for the patient's liver failure.