World Journal of Gastroenterology
May hepatic granulomas be part of the histological spectrum of chronic hepatitis C?
Published in Law and Health Weekly, January 17th, 2009
While older large series of patients with hepatic granulomas have found sarcoidosis and tuberculosis to be the most common causes of hepatic granulomas, recent works have noted some patients with chronic hepatic C and hepatic granulomas and no other obvious associations. Today, patients that undergo liver biopsy often have chronic hepatitis C that is being staged prior to possible anti viral therapy. The age of HIV and immunosuppression for organ transplants has also made opportunistic infections associated with hepatic granulomas more likely.
A research article to be published on November 7, 2008 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this question. The...
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