RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A case of veno-occlusive disease of the liver in Britain associated with herbal tea consumption.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 788
OP 794
DO 10.1136/jcp.29.9.788
VO 29
IS 9
A1 J McGee
A1 R S Patrick
A1 C B Wood
A1 L H Blumgart
YR 1976
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/29/9/788.abstract
AB Veno-occlusive disease of the liver with clinical and pathological features similar to those of the condition occurring in the Caribbean is described in a young woman resident in Britain. The diagnosis was made from liver biopsies and hepatic venography and was confirmed at necropsy. Small amounts of pyrroliziding alkaloids were recovered from a sample of mate (Paraguay) tea, owned by the patient, to which she was addicted. It seems probable that the consumption of large amounts of this tea over a period of years was the cause of the hepatic disease.