Epstein-Barr Virus-induced Jaundice

Infectious mononucleosis is primarily caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and is a common diagnosis made in emergency departments worldwide. Subclinical and transient transaminase elevations are a well-established sequela of EBV. However, acute cholestatic hepatitis is a rare complication. EBV infect...

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Autores principales: Herold, Jessica, Grimaldo, Felipe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32064430
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.45049
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description Infectious mononucleosis is primarily caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and is a common diagnosis made in emergency departments worldwide. Subclinical and transient transaminase elevations are a well-established sequela of EBV. However, acute cholestatic hepatitis is a rare complication. EBV infection should be considered as part of the differential diagnosis in patients with an obstructive pattern on liver function tests without evidence of biliary obstruction demonstrated on advanced imaging.
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spelling pubmed-70125452020-02-14 Epstein-Barr Virus-induced Jaundice Herold, Jessica Grimaldo, Felipe Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report Infectious mononucleosis is primarily caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and is a common diagnosis made in emergency departments worldwide. Subclinical and transient transaminase elevations are a well-established sequela of EBV. However, acute cholestatic hepatitis is a rare complication. EBV infection should be considered as part of the differential diagnosis in patients with an obstructive pattern on liver function tests without evidence of biliary obstruction demonstrated on advanced imaging. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2020-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7012545/ /pubmed/32064430 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.45049 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Herold et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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