Peliosis hepatis

Classification according to ICD-10
K76.4	Peliosis hepatis
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

CT course with complete regression

With peliosis hepatis a disease is liver referred obtained by blood-filled cysts is characterized. These cysts arise from the destruction of liver tissue (parenchymatous form) or from the bulging of the central vein of the liver lobule (phlebectatic form).

In addition to humans, (bacillary) Peliosis hepatis also occurs in cattle , cats , dogs and rats . In humans, it has been seen with infection with Bartonella henselae (the causative agent of cat scratch disease ) and Bartonella quintana (especially in immunocompromised patients), with tuberculosis, or with therapy with anabolic steroids or androgens .

literature

K. Atila et al .: A rare clinical entity misdiagnosed as a tumor: peliosis hepatis. In: Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2007 Apr; 13 (2), pp. 149-153. PMID 17682959
Abdul Qudus Faroqhi: A Contribution to the Genesis of Peliosis hepatis. Diss.med. Berlin 1940.

Individual evidence

^ Marianne Abele-Horn: Antimicrobial Therapy. Decision support for the treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases. With the collaboration of Werner Heinz, Hartwig Klinker, Johann Schurz and August Stich, 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Peter Wiehl, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-927219-14-4 , p. 186.

[1] Marianne Abele-Horn: Antimicrobial Therapy. Decision support for the treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases. With the collaboration of Werner Heinz, Hartwig Klinker, Johann Schurz and August Stich, 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Peter Wiehl, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-927219-14-4 , p. 186.