Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding Masquerading Coagulopathy in Acute Viral Hepatitis: A Case Report

Hepatitis A virus infection is typically an acute self-limiting illness associated with general nonspecific symptoms such as fever, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or discomfort, and diarrhea. This may have atypical manifestation like prolonged cholestasis. Despite having varying...

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Autores principales: Pokhrel, Bhishma, Daha, Sunil Kumar, Shrestha, Nikhil, Sah, Pankaj Kumar, Khanal, Nimesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7580357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32788760
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5007
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Sumario:Hepatitis A virus infection is typically an acute self-limiting illness associated with general nonspecific symptoms such as fever, malaise, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or discomfort, and diarrhea. This may have atypical manifestation like prolonged cholestasis. Despite having varying typical and atypical manifestations such a case may present with life-threatening bleeding from a co-existing surgical cause such as perforation of Meckel's diverticulum.

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