The first aim of this website is to briefly describe some of the most common liver diseases and summarize liver tests usually employed by hepatologists.
All information included in these pages are not adressed to any individual patient for specific diagnosis or therapy, but on the contrary to expand the knowledge to the readers regarding hepatic illnesses.
Patients should seek specific advice about their medical condition from a qualified specialist.
The writer has used reasonable effort to include accurate and up-to-date information on this site, however he takes no responsability for any errors or omission in these pages.

The second aim of this site is to present services which are supplied in Milan by Prof. Gaetano Idéo and his equipe of specialists (experts in ultrasound, radiology, endoscopy, histology).
These services can be performed for subjects who desire to check the condition of their liver or for patients affected by various liver diseases who want a second opinion and advice for therapy.
Extensive experience in the management of chronic liver diseases related to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, autoimmune hepatitis, alcohol related liver diseases is guaranteed.
Therapy for the complication of cirrhosis, particularly esophageal and gastric bleeding is performed (sclerotherapy, injection of medications under direct endoscopic visualization into the varices, or band ligation executed by tying the vessel with rubber band).
Finally therapeutic approaches for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma including injection of pure alcohol or acetic acid into small tumours or their ablation utilizing laser-therapy or radiofrequency are performed. Another therapy for unrecectable liver carcinoma is the chemoembolization, executed by a radiologist injecting a chemiotherapic drug, lipiodol and gelfoam particles in the hepatic artery.