Causes of Hepatic Granulomas

Cause

Examples

Medications

Infections, bacterial

Actinomycosis, brucellosis, cat-scratch fever, syphilis, tuberculosis*, other mycobacterial infections, tularemia, Q fever

Infections, fungal

Blastomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis

Infections, parasitic

Schistosomiasis*, toxoplasmosis, visceral larva migrans

Infections, viral

Hepatitis C, cytomegalovirus infection

Liver disorders

Primary biliary cholangitis

Systemic disorders

Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, polymyalgia rheumatica, other connective tissue disorders, sarcoidosis*

* Most common causes.

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