Peliosis hepatis is described in a renal transplant recipient and in a patient who was receiving long-term haemodialysis. This uncommon liver lesion has been reported in a number of patients, including 18 renal transplant recipients and two patients with chronic renal failure. However, its cause,
2,3,7,8-Tetrabromodibenzo-p-dioxin (2,3,7,8-TBDD) was administered daily to male and female rats for 91 days by gavage. Ten male and 10 female rats per group received 0.01, 0.1, 1, 3, or 10 micrograms 2,3,7,8-TBDD/kg body weight per dose per day, solubilised in arachis oil. At 1 microgram/kg per day