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Giant cell hepatitis

Etiology

- neonatal syncytial giant cell hepatitis
- infectious giant cell hepatitis

- parasitic hepatitis

  • toxoplasmosis hepatitis

- cholestasis

  • biliary atresia
  • choledochal cyst
  • bile duct paucity
  • cystic fibrosis
  • familial intrahepatic cholestatic syndromes
  • bile acid synthetic disorders (inborn errors of bile acid synthesis)

- chromosomal anomalies

- genetic metabolic disorders

- giant cell hepatitis with autoimmune hemolytic anemia (GCHAIHA)
- autoimmune hepatitis type II (LKM1+)
- erythematosus lupus (systemic lupus) ¸

According to age

- neonatal giant cell hepatitis
- infantile giant cell hepatitis
- postinfantile giant cell hepatitis

Associations

- neonatal hemochromatosis
- autoimmune hemolytic anemia (GCHAIHA)

See also

- hepatocytic giant cell transformation