Chronic Q fever hepatitis complicated by extensive fibrosis.
Liver involvement is common in acute and chronic Q fever and consists of nonspecific hepatitis and granulomas without fibrosis. We report the case of a patient suffering from chronic Q fever with nonspecific hepatitis and granulomas, in whom progressive development of extensive liver fibrosis was documented by repeated biopsies.
Atienza
P
P
Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
Ramond
M J
MJ
Degott
C
C
Lebrec
D
D
Rueff
B
B
Benhamou
J P
JP
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications*