title: [Cirrhogenic hepatitis due to perhexiline maleate: general review based upon one new case with ultrastructural study (author's transl)].
abstract: The authors describe a case of cirrhogenic hepatitis due to Pexid which was given for 8 months at 400 mg/day for a severe angina pectoris. We find here the anatomo-clinical profile of perhexiline maleate hepatiits already described in approximately 20 cases. There was a cirrhogenic evolution in our case as in 5 others : but here cirrhosis was revealing and seems stabilized since the treatment was stopped. The cirrhogenic evolution could be due to a cumulative effect of the drug and/or to an immuno-allergic mechanism as in alcoholic cirrhosis which is very similar, especially from an anatomical point of view. However cirrhogenic hepatitis differs by a characteristic lysosomal overload : brown pigment under microscopic observation and lipolysosomes with in some cases a lamellar structure under electron microscopic observation. The prescription of such a drug should be limited to cases of refractory angina pectoris and needed a regular clinical and biological survey.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010480:Perhexiline / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010880:Piperidines / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D010880:Piperidines; D010480:Perhexiline
vernacular_title: Hépatite cirrhogène au maléate de perhexiline: revue générale à propos d'une observation nouvelle avec étude ultrastructurale.