Abstract
The patient was 39 year old male with aplastic anemia. He was given fluoxymesterone for 3 years. Hematological findings initially improved markedly, but aggravated after a year of the discontinuation of the drug. The patient died of cerebral bleeding in spite of re-administration of fluoxymesterone. The autopsy revealed many small scattered cyst-like spaces filled with blood in the liver, i. e. peliosis hepatis.
Most cases reported in the literature were cases dying of massive tuberculosis and cancer. The present case of peliosis hepatis developed after administration of androgenic and anabolic hormone. However, reports of this lesion are very rare in Japan.
