Giant-cell Hepatitis—Rare Entity in Adults

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• 作者：Shiran Shetty^* ; ^{drshiran@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Krishnaveni Janarthanan^* ; ^&dagger ; ; Venkatakrishnan Leelakrishnan^&dagger ; ; Vadakkepat Nirmala^&dagger ;
• 关键词：GCH ; giant cell hepatitis ; MRCP ; magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography ; UDCA ; ursodeoxycholic acid
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：September 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：6
• 期：3
• 页码：244-245
• 全文大小：621 K

文摘

Giant-cell hepatitis (GCH) is characterized by parenchymal inflammation with formation of large multinucleated hepatocytes in response to a variety of insults to the liver. Although it is commonly described in neonates, it rarely occurs in adults. Here we report a case of GCH because of herbal medicine intake.