Acute renal failure associated with nonfulminant acute viral hepatitis A

Hepatitis A runs a benign course in children, but may have atypical presentations in adults. Very rarely acute renal failure complicates nonfulminant hepatitis A. We report a patient with nonfulminant acute viral hepatitis A with multiorgan involvement. Patient had biopsy proven acute interstitial n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sarawgi, S., Gupta, A. K., Arora, D. S., Jasuja, S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2813126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20142908
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-4065.42344
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Sumario:Hepatitis A runs a benign course in children, but may have atypical presentations in adults. Very rarely acute renal failure complicates nonfulminant hepatitis A. We report a patient with nonfulminant acute viral hepatitis A with multiorgan involvement. Patient had biopsy proven acute interstitial nephritis, acute pancreatitis, acute myocarditis and required hemodialysis for 6 weeks.

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