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hepatitic candidiasis
Monday 29 December 2003
Candida hepatitis is usually a manifestation of disseminated candidiasis in immunocompromised patients.
Synopsisi
identifiable Candida organisms within suppurative granulomas
mass-associated obstructive changes
- pericentral sinusoidal dilatation
- periportal ductular proliferation with surrounding neutrophils and edema
References
Johnson TL, Barnett JL, Appelman HD, Nostrant T. Candida hepatitis. Histopathologic diagnosis. Am J Surg Pathol. 1988 Sep;12(9):716-20. PMID: 3414894