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Induction of Drug-Induced, Autoimmune Hepatitis in BALB/c Mice for the Study of Its Pathogenic Mechanisms
Published on: May 29, 2020
Histology of autoimmune hepatitis and its variants
1Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada. maha.guindi@uhn.on.ca
Abstract:
Autoimmune hepatitis does not have a pathognomonic feature, and its laboratory, serologic, and histologic manifestations are shared with a variety of acute and chronic liver diseases. The disease has active and quiescent phases and thus variable histologic appearances. This article outlines the many histologic faces of autoimmune hepatitis. It discusses the fulminant and acute forms, as well as the chronic hepatitic forms. Overlap syndromes with primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis are described. The role of the pathologist in reporting the biopsies is discussed.
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