Abstract
Recently, drug induced hepatitis is being widely noticed.
We have experienced nine (4.9%) cases of drug induced hepatitis in 182 cases of liver scans during six months since December 1971.
Liver scan was performed with about 200μCi of 198Au colloid.
The induced drugs of these nine cases were INAH, PAS, Ethambutol, Rifampicin, Ilosone, Lincocin, Ajmaline and Honvan.
On the sex distribution, these nine cases were all male.
All scans showed hepatomegaly in which two cases of right lobe and seven cases of both lobes were included. The space-occupying lesion and the spleen were not seen in all cases. The time of the improvement of the scintigraphic pattern was later than the improvement of liver function, particularly transaminase.
The liver scan of drug induced hepatitis is important to the diagnosis and the development of the disease
