Ground-glass-like hepatocellular inclusions in the course of adult-onset Still’s disease

Vol.20 No.1

Case Report

Ground-glass-like hepatocellular inclusions in the course of adult-onset Still’s disease

Authors

Ayşegul Sarı^1,5 , Mine Tunakan¹ , Mustafa Ozmen³ , Ebru Turkkan⁴

Pathology Department, Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Rheumatology Department, Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Internal Medicine Department I, Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Atatürk cad. Fırat apt. No.:184, kat: 3, d: 6 Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey

Received:

30 June 2009

Accepted:

31 August 2009

Published online:

3 October 2009

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Abstract

Ground-glass hepatocytes are the cardinal biopsy feature of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and may also be present in other specific conditions, including Lafora’s disease, cyanamide aversion therapy for alcohol use, patients with transplantation, uremia, and metabolic disorders. In this report, we present the case of a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease who underwent percutaneous liver biopsy, which revealed ground-glass-like cytoplasmic inclusions and which is a very unusual finding.

Key words

Cytoplasmic inclusions - Fatty liver - Adult-onset Still’s disease