TT virus-related acute recurrent hepatitis. Histological features of a case and review of the literature.
TT virus is a recently discovered virus, of which the pathogenetic potential is still uncertain. The present paper describes the histopathological features of a case of TT virus-related acute recurrent hepatitis. The patient is a 28-year-old woman with no history of drug or alcohol abuse, presenting with repeated episodes of hypertransaminasemia evidenced during the last 4 years. No other markers of viral or autoimmune disease were found. On histological analysis, the liver parenchyma showed a preserved architecture. The histological features were those of a mild acute hepatitis. The clinicopathological findings suggest th
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Department of Oncology, Section of Pathology, University of Bologna, Italy. mariapia.foschini@ausl.bologna.it
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004266:DNA Virus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009336:Necrosis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012008:Recurrence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D022783:Torque teno virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral