2022
The many faces and pathologic diagnostic challenges of autoimmune hepatitis
Zhang X, Jain D. The many faces and pathologic diagnostic challenges of autoimmune hepatitis. Human Pathology 2022, 132: 114-125. PMID: 35753409, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2022.06.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutoimmune hepatitisHistological featuresLiver diseaseAcute-onset autoimmune hepatitisDiagnosis of AIHEnd-stage liver diseaseChronic inflammatory liver diseasePathologic diagnostic challengeFatal liver failureInflammatory liver diseaseTypical histological featuresCareful clinicopathological correlationRoutine clinical practiceMajor differential diagnosisImmunosuppressive treatmentLiver histologySpecific autoantibodiesLiver failurePrompt diagnosisHistological presentationClinicopathological correlationInternational Working GroupPathological featuresDiagnostic challengeHistopathologic spectrum
2018
Histologic features of autoimmune hepatitis: a critical appraisal
Gurung A, Assis DN, McCarty TR, Mitchell KA, Boyer JL, Jain D. Histologic features of autoimmune hepatitis: a critical appraisal. Human Pathology 2018, 82: 51-60. PMID: 30041025, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2018.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBiopsyChildChild, PreschoolDatabases, FactualEmperipolesisFemaleHepatitis C, ChronicHepatitis, AutoimmuneHepatocytesHumansKupffer CellsLiverLiver CirrhosisLymphocytesMaleMiddle AgedPlasma CellsPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexYoung AdultConceptsProminent plasma cellsAutoimmune hepatitisHistologic featuresPlasma cellsInflammatory gradePortal tractsScoring systemInitiation of therapySeverity of hepatitisDifferent control groupsChronic hepatitisHepatitis CFibrosis stageStudy groupDisease processHepatitisControl groupHyaline globulesFurther studiesPatientsTractCritical appraisalCellsGradeTypical features