Aloe vera Induce Acute Liver Injury and Chronic Liver Disease: Case Report

Case Report | Open Access

Volume 2023 - 2 | Article ID 218 | http://dx.doi.org/10.51521/WJCRCI.2023.2104

Aloe vera Induce Acute Liver Injury and Chronic Liver Disease: Case Report

Academic Editor: John Bose

Received 2023-03-17
Revised 2023-03-20
Accepted 2023-03-27
Published 2023-04-06

ABOU RACHED ANTOINE^1*, AL ALAM FARID¹, ZAITER ALINE¹ AND JOYCE SANYOUR²

¹School of medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon,

²Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive cancer center, Muscat, Oman

Corresponding Author: Abou Rached Antoine, Lebanese university, school of medicine, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon, Email: abourachedantoine@gmail.com; Phone: 9613746317; ORCID: 0000-0002-2449-0038

Citation: Abou Rached Antoine*, Al Alam Farid, Zaiter Aline1 and Joyce Sanyour (2023) Aloe vera Induce Acute Liver Injury and Chronic Liver Disease: Case Report. World J Case Rep Clin Imag. 2023 Mar-April; 2(1)1-7.

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ABSTRACT

Herbal induced liver injury is increasing, usual spontaneous resolution is noted in the majority of cases but few cases were reported to had chronic liver disease and required liver transplantation. Aloe vera, an herbal supplement, is known to induced hepatitis, typically self-limited once the herb is stopped. We reported the first case with acute hepatic injury due to Aloe Vera associated with nephrotoxicity and chronic hepatic injury.

KEYWORDS: Aloe vera, Liver Injury, Herbal Supplement, Nephrotoxicity, Macular Skin Rash, Liver Biopsy