title: Chronic Q fever hepatitis complicated by extensive fibrosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Atienza
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ramond
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Degott
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lebrec
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rueff
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Benhamou
mesh_terms: 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*