Necrotizing granulomatous hepatitis as an unusual manifestation of Lyme disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2629-2632

  Zanchi, Antonela C ^a   Gingold, Alan R ^a   Theise, Neil D ^a   Min, Albert D ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Liver disease; Lyme disease; Necrotizing granulomas; Pathology

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LYME DISEASE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548487130     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9405-9     Document Type: Article

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