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Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman

Hepatitis E is a common, mainly water-borne hepatotropic virus prevalent mainly in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Central America. In the eastern part of India epidemics of acute hepatitis E are well reported. Hepatitis E commonly presents as self-limiting acute viral hepatitis among y...

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Autores principales: Sengupta, Pratim, Biswas, Sumanta, Roy, Tapas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000501998
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description Hepatitis E is a common, mainly water-borne hepatotropic virus prevalent mainly in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Central America. In the eastern part of India epidemics of acute hepatitis E are well reported. Hepatitis E commonly presents as self-limiting acute viral hepatitis among young adults, except for some critical clinical complications during pregnancy. In epidemiological research, subclinical acute hepatitis E infection is also reported from different parts of the world, including developed nations such as the USA (predominantly in the population aged >60 years). Though primarily hepatotropic, in the literature there are reports of rare extrahepatic manifestation of acute hepatitis E. Here we present an elderly lady with acute hepatitis E who primarily presented with acute myocarditis.
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spelling pubmed-67514212019-09-30 Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman Sengupta, Pratim Biswas, Sumanta Roy, Tapas Case Rep Gastroenterol Single Case Hepatitis E is a common, mainly water-borne hepatotropic virus prevalent mainly in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Central America. In the eastern part of India epidemics of acute hepatitis E are well reported. Hepatitis E commonly presents as self-limiting acute viral hepatitis among young adults, except for some critical clinical complications during pregnancy. In epidemiological research, subclinical acute hepatitis E infection is also reported from different parts of the world, including developed nations such as the USA (predominantly in the population aged >60 years). Though primarily hepatotropic, in the literature there are reports of rare extrahepatic manifestation of acute hepatitis E. Here we present an elderly lady with acute hepatitis E who primarily presented with acute myocarditis. S. Karger AG 2019-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6751421/ /pubmed/31572104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000501998 Text en Copyright © 2019 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman
title Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman
title_full Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman
title_fullStr Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman
title_full_unstemmed Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman
title_short Hepatitis E-Induced Acute Myocarditis in an Elderly Woman
title_sort hepatitis e-induced acute myocarditis in an elderly woman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31572104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000501998
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