A Case of Pleural Effusion Associated with Acute Hepatitis A / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
; : 198-202, 2010.
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em Ko
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| ID: wpr-118139
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ABSTRACT
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is common in developing countries, including Korea. It can be accompanied by extrahepatic complications such as renal failure, arthritis, and vasculitis. Pleural effusion is a very rare complication of HAV infection, which has been reported usually in children, and has benign clinical courses. Here we report a case of pleural effusion with ascites which occurred in an adult hepatitis A patient. A 26-year-old-woman presented generalized myalgia and fever and was diagnosed as acute hepatitis A. Despite of the improvement of laboratory findings, fever and cough persisted. Pleural effusion newly appeared on the serial chest radiologic images. After the fever settled down, the pleural effusion resolved spontaneously at 13th day of admission.
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Assunto principal:
Derrame Pleural
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Doença Aguda
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Hepatite A
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Ko
Ano de publicação:
2010
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Article