TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.52, sa.4, ss.1075-1084, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
Background/aim: Cholesterol ester storage disease (CESD) is one of the rare causes that should be kept in mind in the etiology of cirrhosis. Recent studies detected that significantly reduced lysosomal acid lipase deficiency enzyme (LAL) in patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC). Moreover, studies have evaluated that LAL activity is as effective as scoring systems in assessing the severity of cirrhosis.