Fatal hepatitis C associated fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis as a complication of cyclophosphamide and corticosteroid treatment of active glomerulonephritis
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2007, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH) is an aggressive and usually fatal form of viral hepatitis in immunocompromised patients. It is characterized by progressive cholestasis leading to hepatic failure, and a characteristic histopathological features including: periportal fibrosis, ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes, cholestasis, with minimal inflammation. FCH has been reported almost exclusively in heavily immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients or patients with AIDS. This case report describes a previously immunocompetent patient with previously stable chronic hepatitis C who developed fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis after receiving cyclophosphamide and corticosteroids for active glomerulonephritis.
Authors and Affiliations
Faisal Saleh, Hin Ko, Jennifer Davis, Wichian Apiratpracha, James Powell, Siegfried Erb, Eric Yoshida
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