The authors present a case of patient with severe hyperbilirubinemia due to acute hepatitis B infection which resolved without intervention subsequent normalization synthetic and excretory liver function. Despite this, the remained jaundiced unconjugated in context recent diagnosis flare hereditary spherocytosis. Due complex clinical presentation, underwent biopsy additional genetic Gilbert’s S...

conclusions to our knowledge, this is the first chronic case confirmed by the prolonged presence of hev rna in china. it is also the first reported persistent hepatitis e infection caused by hev genotype 4. case presentation here we report a chinese boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who developed hepatitis e during a period of intensive chemotherapy. twenty months after the initial infecti...

Liver biopsies from 86 patients with serologically established acute hepatitis A were evaluated for quantitative and qualitative light microscopic features together with biopsies from 78 patients with acute hepatitis type B and 76 patients with acute hepatitis type non-A, non-B. Hepatitis A was characterised by more pronounced portal inflammation than hepatitis non-A, non-B (p less than 0.01) b...

Hepatitis B is a global acute and chronic life-threatening liver infection caused by the hepatitis virus. During cadaveric dissection, clinical rotations, autopsy posting, medical students get exposed to patients’ blood body fluids, which increases risk of infection. can be prevented vaccines that are safe, easily available, effective, however many still unvaccinated. This results in need for a...

background most therapeutic interventions in acute phase of viral hepatitis b patients are conservative. prostaglandins have absorbed many scientists' attention for improving these patients condition, therefore, the present study was designed to evaluate misoprostol (pge1 analogue) effect on acute phase of viral hepatitis b. materials and methods a randomized matched controlled clinical trial w...

Genotyping and subtyping are important to understand epidemiology of the hepatitis E virus so as to improve control measures to prevent transmission of virus in the community. Hence, the aim of the current study was to identify the prevalent HEV genotypes in Rajasthan in acute sporadic hepatitis E cases with varying degree of liver failure. We studied hepatitis E virus (HEV) isolates from hospi...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection constitutes a serious global health problem. Nowadays there are divergent data regarding the use of antiviral drugs to treat acute hepatitis B. We present here a case of a 62-year-old man affected by severe acute hepatitis B with progressive worsening of clinical and hepatic function. The patient was treated with entecavir without critical side effects. We obse...

AIM To elucidate the frequency and characteristics of pancreatic involvement in the course of acute (nonfulminant) viral hepatitis. METHODS We prospectively assessed the pancreatic involvement in patients with acute viral hepatitis who presented with severe abdomimanl pain. RESULTS We studied 124 patients with acute viral hepatitis, of whom 24 presented with severe abdominal pain. Seven pat...

Background and Aim: Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) is a serious disease. Advances in medical management intensive care have improved native survival recent years. We identified the etiology, outcome factors to predict these patients. Methods: This was retrospective study done from January 2020 December 2022 at referral Gastroenterology Hepatology centre North India. Children aged between ...

H2 receptor antagonists can rarely cause idiosyncratic drug reactions leading to acute hepatitis. Famotidine, however, is considered a relatively safe drug with regards to hepatotoxicity. We report a case of a 47 year old male with a history of hepatitis C who developed acute hepatitis on the third day of hospitalization with a dramatic rise in his liver enzymes from normal values at the time o...