Outcome of Autoimmune Hepatitis Patients Referred to Namazi Hospital in 2016

摘要

Introduction:Autoimmune hepatitis is recurrent inflammation of liver cells, and the cause is unknown.The aim of thisstudy was to determine the outcome of patients with autoimmune hepatitis, in the first 6 months of 1395,inNamazihospital in Shiraz.materials and methods:This cross-sectional study was done on patients with autoimmune hepatitis in the first 6months of 1395 who referred to Namazihospital. Data was collected from patient’s files in hospital.Result:In this study, 25 patients were evaluated. 20 patients were female (80%) and 5 patients were male (20 percent).The mean age of patients was 27 years old. All patients had autoimmune hepatitis type 1.The most common symptomsof the disease were jaundice (76%), and nausea - vomiting (56%), respectively. The most common signs were:splenomegaly (76%) and hepatomegaly (72%).Conclusion:The results of this study showed that all cases had type 1 of autoimmune hepatitis.The age of explosion inour study was lower than other studies. The most common were jaundice and nausea – vomiting and the mostcommon signs weresplenomegaly and hepatomegaly. The percentage of positive AMA , ANA and SMA in our studywas similar to other studies in Iran.