Peculiarity of Autoimmune Hepatitis Triggered by SARS-CoV-2 Infection
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Introduction: Recently, medical interest has been growing in SARS-CoV-2 infection and its multiorgan involvement, including the liver. Up until now, a few reports have described autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection, but no data are available about the specific liver inflammatory infiltrate and cluster of differentiation. We report a case of AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a particular focus on its histological and mainly immunohistochemical features.
Case description: A 60-year-old man, with a history of paucisymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection that occurred one month earlier, was admitted for alterations of hepatocellular necrosis and cholestasis indexes. He completed vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 a year earlier. The serologies for hepatotropic viruses were negative. The anti- smooth muscle antibodies (ASMA) and antinuclear antibodies (ANA) results were positive. Anti-liver kidney microsome (anti-LKM) antibodies and antimitochondrial (AMA) were negative. By liver biopsy, haematoxylin-eosin staining highlighted severe portal inflammation with a rich CD38+ plasma cell component, while immunohistochemical staining showed low cell CD4+ count and prevalence of CD8+ and CD3+. After biopsy, the patient started an immunosuppressant regimen, with benefit.
Discussion: We can conclude that the patient developed a type 1 AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The presence of CD8 T-cells at immunohistochemical examination suggests different mechanisms from classic AIH. Similar cases are described after AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.
Conclusion: The AIH after SARS-CoV-2 infection developed by the patient showed a histological picture similar to a classic AIH for the abundant presence of plasma cells, and immunohistochemical features similar to those described after SARS-CoV-2-vaccination.
LEARNING POINTS: Recently, medical interest has been growing in SARS-CoV-2 infection and its multiorgan involvement, including the liver. Underlying mechanisms are not still clear, more likely consisting of an inflammatory and immune mediated process rather than a direct cytopathic damage.Our report describes a rare case of type 1 AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection, showing a peculiar histological pattern, different from classic AIH, conversely similar to AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.The mechanisms underlying liver involvement in SARS-CoV-2 infection are still under investigation. Further studies should be encouraged to improve understanding on this focus and to support physicians in its management.
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European journal of case reports in internal medicine - 11(2024), 1 vom: 03., Seite 004195 |
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| 520 | |a Introduction: Recently, medical interest has been growing in SARS-CoV-2 infection and its multiorgan involvement, including the liver. Up until now, a few reports have described autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection, but no data are available about the specific liver inflammatory infiltrate and cluster of differentiation. We report a case of AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a particular focus on its histological and mainly immunohistochemical features | ||
| 520 | |a Case description: A 60-year-old man, with a history of paucisymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection that occurred one month earlier, was admitted for alterations of hepatocellular necrosis and cholestasis indexes. He completed vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 a year earlier. The serologies for hepatotropic viruses were negative. The anti- smooth muscle antibodies (ASMA) and antinuclear antibodies (ANA) results were positive. Anti-liver kidney microsome (anti-LKM) antibodies and antimitochondrial (AMA) were negative. By liver biopsy, haematoxylin-eosin staining highlighted severe portal inflammation with a rich CD38+ plasma cell component, while immunohistochemical staining showed low cell CD4+ count and prevalence of CD8+ and CD3+. After biopsy, the patient started an immunosuppressant regimen, with benefit | ||
| 520 | |a Discussion: We can conclude that the patient developed a type 1 AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The presence of CD8 T-cells at immunohistochemical examination suggests different mechanisms from classic AIH. Similar cases are described after AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination | ||
| 520 | |a Conclusion: The AIH after SARS-CoV-2 infection developed by the patient showed a histological picture similar to a classic AIH for the abundant presence of plasma cells, and immunohistochemical features similar to those described after SARS-CoV-2-vaccination | ||
| 520 | |a LEARNING POINTS: Recently, medical interest has been growing in SARS-CoV-2 infection and its multiorgan involvement, including the liver. Underlying mechanisms are not still clear, more likely consisting of an inflammatory and immune mediated process rather than a direct cytopathic damage.Our report describes a rare case of type 1 AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection, showing a peculiar histological pattern, different from classic AIH, conversely similar to AIH triggered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.The mechanisms underlying liver involvement in SARS-CoV-2 infection are still under investigation. Further studies should be encouraged to improve understanding on this focus and to support physicians in its management | ||
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