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Granulomatous hepatitis in a patient receiving methimazole
C Di Gregorio1, F Ghini, F Rivasi
1Istituto di Anatomia e Istologia Patologica, Università di Modena, Ospedale Estense, U.S.L.N. 16, Italy.
The Italian Journal of Gastroenterology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
A very rare case of granulomatous hepatitis in a 56-year old woman with hyperthyroidism, under long-term treatment with methimazole, is reported. Liver biopsy showed multiple non caseous granulomas in the portal triads, consisted of epithelioid and multinucleated cells, lymphocytes and isolated eosinophils. The presence of eosinophils in granulomas, could indicate an iatrogenic aethiology.