Autoimmune hepatitis in an HIV infected patient that responded to antiretroviral therapy.
Autoimmune hepatitis is a rare disease with unclear pathogenesis. Several viruses have been proposed to act as triggering agents for the inflammatory process of the disease; however, HIV has only very rarely been reported to be associated. We report a case of a patient with autoimmune hepatitis and HIV infection. The possible pathogenetic mechanism is discussed. Antiretroviral treatment led to normalization of liver biochemistry, supporting the hypothesis of HIV induced autoimmune hepatitis.
German
Vasilios
V
First Department of Internal Medicine, 401 Army General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece. vgerman@panafonet.gr
Vassiloyanakopoulos
Antonios
A
Sampaziotis
Dimitrios
D
Giannakos
Georgios
G
D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D015658:HIV Infections; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents