Title
Hepatitis A and hepatitis E virus co-infection with right pleural effusion, ascites and acute acalculous cholecystitis. A case report
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Piza Palacios L.
Publisher(s)
NLM (Medline)
Abstract
Hepatitis A and hepatitis E are the leading causes of acute viral hepatitis in developing countries due to our poor sanitary conditions, both spread by fecal-oral route or through contaminated water and food. Being both self-limiting diseases, they are usually benign but may present with atypical clinical findings. A 32 year-old female with right pleural effusion, ascites and acalculous cholecystitis during the course of HAV and HEV co-infection is reported. Clinical improvement was observed with conservative management. As far as we know, this is the first case described of a patient with these three complications in the background of a hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus co-infection.
Start page
77
End page
79
Volume
40
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Virología
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85084277498
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
ISSN of the container
1609722X
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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