hepatitis E
Lesional patterns
acute hepatitis
lymphocytic destructive cholangitis
- bile duct intraepithelial lymphocytic infiltration
- bile duct epithelial damage.
Differential diagnosis
lymphocytic destructive cholangitis
- primary biliary cirrhosis
- primary sclerosing cholangitis
- autoimmune hepatitis
- so-called overlap syndrome
- acute or chronic viral hepatitis C
- drug-induced hepatitis
- acute liver allograft rejection
- graft-versus-host disease in bone marrow transplantation
- acute hepatitis E
See also
acute hepatitis
lymphocytic destructive cholangitis
hepatic diseases
bile duct damage
Cholangitis
References
Wendum D, Nachury M, Yver M, Lemann M, Flejou JF, Janin A, Bertheau P. Acute hepatitis E: a cause of lymphocytic destructive cholangitis. Hum Pathol. 2005 Apr;36(4):436-8. PMID: 15892007