Fulminant hepatic failure in a case of autoimmune hepatitis in hepatitis C during peg-interferon-alpha 2b plus ribavirin treatment

Figure 1 Clinical course of peg-interferon (peg-IFN) plus ribavirin therapy for hepatitis C virus infection. ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: asparate aminotransferase; T-Bil: total bilirubin.

Figure 2 Clinical course of fulminant hepatic failure. PSL: prednisolone; mPSL:methylprednisolone; UA: uric acid; PT: prothrombin time; FFP: fresh frozen plasma; AT-3: antithrombin III.

Figure 3 A, B: Abdominal CT at the onset of hepatic encephalopathy; C, D: Enhanced abdominal MRI.

Figure 4 Liver biopsy showing interface hepatitis with infiltration of plasma cells and rosette formations. A, C: Hepatoxyline-Eosin staining; B: Elastica-Masson staining.