Atypical manifestations of hepatitis A virus infection. / Manifestaciones atípicas de la infección por el virus de la hepatitis A.
Rev Gastroenterol Mex (Engl Ed)
; 83(2): 134-143, 2018.
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| ID: mdl-29685743
ABSTRACT
Acute hepatitis due to the hepatitis A virus usually has a short, benign and self-limited course, without causing chronic hepatitis. However, some cases have an atypical presentation, such as relapsing hepatitis, prolonged or persistent cholestasis, fulminant hepatic failure, or liver failure associated with autoimmune hepatitis. The typical clinical course of acute hepatitis A virus infection is spontaneous remission in 90% of the cases, but atypical cases have a prevalence that varies from less than 1 to 20%, depending on the manifestation (overall prevalence â¼7%). There is little information on the atypical clinical courses of hepatitis A virus infection and the lack of recognizing those presentations in clinical practice often results in carrying out numerous studies and treatments that not only are unnecessary, but can also be harmful. The aim of the present article was to describe 3 clinical cases of atypical hepatitis A infection and provide a literature review of such cases.
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Hepatite A
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Rev Gastroenterol Mex (Engl Ed)
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2018
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