Case Report
Liver Injury with Features Mimicking Autoimmune Hepatitis following the Use of Black Cohosh
Table 2
Current case studies: past medical history, serological tests, and other pertinent laboratory data.
| | | Case | Case |
| Past medical history | Viral or non-viral hepatitis | Absent | Absent | Alcohol consumption | Absent | Absent |
| Serological tests | Anti-HAV IgM | Absent | Absent | Anti-HAV total | Absent | Absent | HBV surface antigen | Absent | Absent | Anti-HBV core | Absent | Absent | Anti-HBV surface | Absent | Absent | Anti-HCV | Absent | Absent | EBV Ca IgM | Absent | Absent | EBV Ca IgG | Absent | Absent | EBV Na IgG | Absent | Absent | EBV IgG | Absent | Absent | Anti-CMV IgM | Absent | Absent |
| HCV RNA PCR | | Negative | Negative |
| Other laboratory values | Iron (normal: 50–70 g/dL for women) | 169 g/dL | 137 g/dL | Ferritin (normal: 15–200 ng/mL in women) | 642 ng/mL | 1527 ng/mL | HFE gene analysis | Negative | Negative | Ceruloplasmin | Normal | Normal |
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