title: A recovery case of acute-onset autoimmune hepatitis presenting as fulminant hepatic failure [corrected], who received living donor-liver transplantation.
abstract: A 23-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with jaundice and hepatic coma. She had taken a weight-loss supplement for one month before admission. Her clinical and laboratory findings were consistent with fulminant hepatic failure and fulfilled the criteria of autoimmune hepatitis. Despite corticosteroid pulse therapy and plasma exchange, her symptoms and laboratory findings deteriorated. Her condition improved after she received a living donor-liver transplant from her sister. Autoimmune hepatitis usually follows a chronic course, but it should be considered a type of fulminant hepatic failure and treated promptly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine II, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onizawa
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Monoe
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanno
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Kazumichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kenjo
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Mitsukazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gotoh
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors
chemical_list: D019440:Anti-Obesity Agents