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29 June 2022 : Case report  Brazil

Acute Hepatitis with Positive Autoantibodies: A Case of Natalizumab-Induced Early-Onset Liver Injury

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unexpected drug reaction, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Marlone Cunha-Silva ORCID logo1ABCDEF*, Priscilla Brito Sena de Moraes ORCID logo1ABCDEF, Pedro Rodrigues de Carvalho ORCID logo2ABEF, Larissa Bastos Eloy da Costa ORCID logo3BDEF, Guilherme Rossi Assis-Mendonça ORCID logo3BCE, Cristina Alba Lalli ORCID logo2BCE, Gisele Conte Alves Fernandes ORCID logo1BCDE, Fernanda Bocchi Monteiro ORCID logo1BDE, Gustavo Manginelli Lamas ORCID logo4BEF, Alfredo Damasceno ORCID logo4BDE, Daniel Ferraz de Campos Mazo ORCID logo1CDF, Tiago Sevá-Pereira ORCID logo1DF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936318

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936318

Figure 2. (A) Low magnification of liver parenchyma, exhibiting initial architectural distortion with pericellular fibrosis and delicate septa (arrows), due to recent extracellular matrix deposition (Masson trichrome stain, 4×). (B) Medium magnification of portal area with an acute and chronic infiltrate, ductular reaction (arrow head), and prominent cholestasis (*). Ballooning degeneration and apoptotic hepatocytes (arrow) and spotty inflammation are seen in the adjacent lobule (H&E stain, 10×). (C) Mild epithelial damage of the bile duct (arrow) without ductopenia (H&E stain, 10×).

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923