drug-induced acute hepatitis
Synopsis
- scattered acidophilic bodies
- focal necrosis
- patchy inflammation
eosinophils
granulomas
bile duct injury
fatty change
well-defined zones of confluent necrosis
unbalance between weak inflammation and the degree of necrosis
Differential diagnosis
acute viral hepatitis
- for acute drug-induced hepatitis: eosinophils, granulomas, bile duct injury, fatty change, well-defined zones of necrosis
References
Lee WM. Drug-induced hepatotoxicity. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 31;349(5):474-85. PMID: #12890847#
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