Differences in autoimmune hepatitis based on inflammation localization

Medical Molecular Morphology - Tập 54 - Trang 8-13 - 2020
Atsushi Takahashi1, Hiromasa Ohira1, Kazumichi Abe1, Mikio Zeniya2, Masanori Abe3, Teruko Arinaga-Hino4, Takuji Torimura4, Kaname Yoshizawa5, Akinobu Takaki6, Jong-Hon Kang7, Yoshiyuki Suzuki8, Nobuhiro Nakamoto9, Ayano Inui10, Atsushi Tanaka11, Hajime Takikawa12
1Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
2Sanno Medical Center, International University of Health and Welfare, Tokyo, Japan
3Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
4Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
5Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Shinshu Ueda Medical Center, Ueda-City, Japan
6Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama-City, Japan
7Center for Gastroenterology, Teine-Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
8Department of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
9Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
10Department of Pediatric Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, Yokohama City, Japan
11Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
12Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Tóm tắt

Histopathology is essential for the diagnosis and evaluation of disease activity of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). We aimed to elucidate the characteristics of AIH from the localization of inflammation. We re-evaluated a nationwide survey that was performed in Japan in 2018 of AIH patients diagnosed between 2014 and 2017. A total of 303 patients were enrolled, and the clinical and treatment characteristics were compared between the patients with predominantly portal inflammation (230 patients) or lobular inflammation (73 patients). AIH patients with lobular inflammation had a higher probability of being diagnosed with acute hepatitis than those with portal inflammation. Liver enzyme levels were higher in patients with lobular inflammation, whereas immunoglobulin G levels were higher in patients with portal inflammation. The prevalence of an alanine aminotransferase level < 30 U/L after 6 months of treatment was significantly higher in patients with lobular inflammation than in those with portal inflammation (81.7% vs. 67.3%, P = 0.046). The localization of inflammation may be useful for evaluating the onset of AIH.

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