Case study reports autoimmune-like hepatitis after hepatic graft-versus-host disease in a patient, indicating complex hepatic effects of GVHD.
One of the major complications following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the occurrence of graft‐versus‐host disease (GVHD). The liver is a target organ in both acute and chronic GVHD. Histologically, there are two distinct forms of hepatic involvement by GVHD, namely cholestatic (classical) and hepatic. Autoimmune‐like hepatitis has been reported as a late complication of HCT with some considering it to be a variant of hepatic GVHD. However, there are no reports of hepatic form of GVHD and autoimmune‐like hepatitis in the same patient post‐HCT. Herein, we report a patient who initially developed hepatic GVHD followed by autoimmune‐like hepatitis.
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