Acute autoimmune hepatitis presenting with peripheral blood eosinophilia



Título del documento: Acute autoimmune hepatitis presenting with peripheral blood eosinophilia
Revista: Annals of hepatology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000419235
ISSN: 1665-2681
Autores: 1
2
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Instituciones: 1University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pensilvania. Estados Unidos de América
2University of Pittsburgh, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pensilvania. Estados Unidos de América
Año:
Periodo: Jul-Ago
Volumen: 11
Número: 4
Paginación: 559-563
País: México
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Caso clínico, analítico
Resumen en inglés Peripheral blood eosinophilia has been described in a broad variety of allergic, infectious, neoplastic and autoimmune diseases. To the best of our knowledge blood eosinophilia has never previously been reported in association with isolated autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in the absence of other autoimmune conditions. Herein we report an interesting case of an 18 year old man who presented to our hospital with an acute autoimmune hepatitis diagnosed on the basis of clinical features, serology and histopathology. He was noted to have a moderate peripheral eosinophilia at diagnosis which resolved within days of initiation of corticosteroids for treatment of the AIH. Given the absence of other systemic conditions or drugs which may have produced the eosinophilia and its rapid resolution with treatment of the underlying liver disease, we wished to highlight this rather novel presentation of AIH
Disciplinas: Medicina
Palabras clave: Gastroenterología,
Inmunología,
Diagnóstico,
Hepatitis autoinmune,
Eosinofilia,
Ictericia,
Manifestaciones clínicas
Keyword: Gastroenterology,
Immunology,
Diagnosis,
Autoimmune hepatitis,
Eosinophilia,
Jaundice,
Clinical manifestations
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