Atienza P, Ramond M J, Degott C, Lebrec D, Rueff B, Benhamou J P
Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
Gastroenterology. 1988 Aug;95(2):478-81. doi: 10.1016/0016-5085(88)90507-0.
Liver involvement is common in acute and chronic Q fever and consists of nonspecific hepatitis and granulomas without fibrosis. We report the case of a patient suffering from chronic Q fever with nonspecific hepatitis and granulomas, in whom progressive development of extensive liver fibrosis was documented by repeated biopsies.