Hepatic fibrin-ring granulomas in giant cell arteritis

Gastroenterology. 1993 Jul;105(1):272-3. doi: 10.1016/0016-5085(93)90036-c.

Abstract

Hepatic fibrin-ring granulomas were found in a 70-year-old man with prolonged fever and inflammatory syndrome. Diagnosis of giant cell arteritis was confirmed by temporal artery biopsy. Other diseases usually associated with fibrin-ring granulomas in liver, such as Q fever, cytomegalovirus hepatitis, infectious mononucleosis, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, allopurinol treatment, and visceral leishmaniasis, were ruled out. This report suggests that giant cell arteritis should be considered as an additional cause of hepatic fibrin-ring granulomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Fibrin / analysis*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications*
  • Granuloma / etiology*
  • Granuloma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Liver Diseases / etiology*
  • Liver Diseases / pathology
  • Male

Substances

  • Fibrin