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==Drug-induced liver disease==
==Drug-induced liver disease==
===General===
*Drugs can do almost anything; may include: [[granulomata]], bile duct loss, cholestasis, ischemic type injury.
*Drugs can do almost anything; may include: [[granulomata]], bile duct loss, cholestasis, ischemic type injury.
*Effects can be delayed -- temporal relationship not always obvious.
*Effects can be delayed -- temporal relationship not always obvious.


Microscopic:
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Non-specific findings.
*Non-specific findings.
**+/-Eosinophils<ref>{{Ref DCHH|166}}</ref> - '''significant suggestive finding'''.
**+/-Eosinophils<ref>{{Ref DCHH|166}}</ref> - '''significant suggestive finding'''.
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drug-induced_hepatitis_intermed_mag.jpg Drug-induced hepatitis - intermed. mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drug-induced_hepatitis_intermed_mag.jpg Drug-induced hepatitis - intermed. mag. (WC)].


===Specific patterns===
====Specific patterns====
Acute hepatits:
Acute hepatits:
*Related to Rx - most often antibiotics.
*Related to Rx - most often antibiotics.
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*Carbamazepine - seizures.
*Carbamazepine - seizures.


===Specific drugs===
====Specific drugs====
Acetaminophen:
Acetaminophen:
*Zone 3 necrosis.
*Zone 3 necrosis.
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