title: Acute autoimmune hepatitis presenting with centrizonal liver disease: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Relatively little is known about the histological appearance of autoimmune hepatitis during the early stage of disease. We describe a case of autoimmune hepatitis in a 20-yr-old woman in which the initial liver biopsy was characterized by a marked predominance of centrizonal injury. Over the course of several months, the histological appearance evolved to what is more commonly associated with chronic autoimmune hepatitis. A review of the literature on this interesting entity is presented.
authors.forename: Ranvir
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Satheesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Gist
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Farr
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perrillo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*