AN UNUSUAL ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE HEPATITIS A
Keywords:
Hepatitis, Acalculous cholecystitis, Cholecystectomy
Abstract
Acute Hepatitis A is very common in children, particularly in developing countries. Patients may be asymptomatic or present with acute hepatitis. Rare presentations include cholestatic, with jaundice lasting 10 weeks or more, relapsing, with two or more bouts of acute HAV infection occurring over a 6- to 10-week period, and fulminant hepatic failure. Gall bladder abnormalities are fairly common in hepatitis A infection but cholecystitis is extremely rare. Although Acalculous cholecystitis carries a bad prognosis, hepatitis A associated cholecystitis resolves spontaneously and carries an excellent prognosis. We here present a case of Hepatitis A associated Acalculous cholecystitis. A review of the literature follows.
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2. Zikos D, Grewal KS, Craig K, Cheng JC, Peterson DR, Fisher KA. Department of Medicine, University of Health Science, Chicago Medical School, Illinois. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 1995, 90(2):295-298.
3. McKibbin M, Cleland PG, Morgan SJ. Bilateral optic neuritis after hepatitis A. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 1995; 58(4):508.
4. Metahan Özen, Gülendam Koçak, Ünsal Özgen. Hepatitis-A Virus Induced Acute Myocarditis. İnönü Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi 13(1) 47-49 (2006).
5. Theodorou P, Maurer CA, Spanholtz TA, Phan TQ, Amini P, Perbix W, et al. Acalculous cholecystitis in severely burned patients: incidence and predisposing factors. Burns. May 2009; 35(3):405-11. [Medline].
6. Hamp T, Fridrich P, Mauritz W, Hamid L, Pelinka LE. Cholecystitis after trauma. J Trauma. Feb 2009; 66(2): 400-6.
7. Sharma MP1, Dasarathy S.Gallbladder abnormalities in acute viral hepatitis: a prospective ultrasound evaluation. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1991 Dec; 13(6):697-700.
8. Arroud M, Benmiloud S, Oudghiri B, Afifi MA, Hida M, Bouabdallah Y. Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Revealing Hepatitis A Virus Infection in Children. Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology: Official Journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association. 2009; 15(4):277.
9. MeleroFerrer JL1, Ortuño Cortés J, Nevárez Heredia A, YagoBaenas M, Berenguer M. Acute acalculous cholecystitis associated with acute hepatitis A virus infection. GastroenterolHepatol. 2008 Aug-Sep; 31(7):433-5.
10. Mourani S, Dobbs SM, Genta RM, Tandon AK, Yoffe B. Hepatitis A virus-associated cholecystitis. Ann Intern Med. 1994 Mar 1; 120 (5):398-400.
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Dar WR, Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar IA, Sofi N, Hussain M, Latief M. AN UNUSUAL ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE HEPATITIS A. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2015Apr.20 [cited 2024Apr.30];2(2):272-5. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/82
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