Hepatic fibrin-ring granulomas in giant cell arteritis.
Hepatic fibrin-ring granulomas were found in a 70-year-old man with prolonged fever and inflammatory syndrome. Diagnosis of giant cell arteritis was confirmed by temporal artery biopsy. Other diseases usually associated with fibrin-ring granulomas in liver, such as Q fever, cytomegalovirus hepatitis, infectious mononucleosis, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, allopurinol treatment, and visceral leishmaniasis, were ruled out. This report suggests that giant cell arteritis should be considered as an additional cause of hepatic fibrin-ring granulomas.
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers, France.
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de Bayser
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Roblot
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Ramassamy
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Silvain
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Levillain
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Becq-Giraudon
D000368:Aged; D005337:Fibrin / Q000032:analysis*; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
D005337:Fibrin