Hello,
I had a liver biopsy, following deranged LFTs, which showed "perivenular sinusoidal dilation and congestion with associated collapse". My hepatologist then arranged a CT scan to check for "venous outflow obstruction". The CT scan was clear and I was subsequently discharged, so never got an explanation of what the the sinusoidal problem was. My daughter has recently been diagnosed with vasculitis and I am wondering if I could also have vasculitis and it's affecting my liver.
Vasculitis can affect any organ with blood supply - so the short answer is yes it can affect the liver. Most of the time though it is the medication we are on to treat vasculitis that affect the liver.Vasculitis is not hereditary as far as we know, but as families can have predisposition to have autoimmune conditions it is not unheard of members of the same family having vasculitis. It is quite uncommon though.
Hi, Thanks for answering. It's reassuring to hear that vasculitis itself isn't normally responsible for liver damage, but I will check with my GP, to be sure I'm not one of the rare cases when it is. Best wishes!
Your GP may not be knowledgeable enough to know. The hepatologist would probably know more.
Yes - I'm stuck in the NHS hamster wheel at the moment, though :-(. I got discharged without the opportunity to ask what it meant, so not under a hepatologist at the moment. I also spoke to the British Liver Trust and they said I should insist on referral to a specialist hepatology unit (rather than just gastro at my local hospital), as this needs looking into. Difficult to get GP to act, though!
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