Korean J Med.
2009 Aug;77(Suppl 1):S52-S56.
A case of hepatitis A and E coinfection in an autoimmune hepatitis patient
- Affiliations
-
- 1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine,Kwandong University College of Medicine, Myungji Hospital, Goyang, Korea. jhcho9328@kd.ac.kr
- 2Department of Pathology, Kwandong University College of Medicine, Myungji Hospital, Goyang, Korea.
Abstract
- In Korea, the number of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections has suddenly increased and has become the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis during recent years. A 36-year-old female was diagnosed with acute fulminant hepatitis caused by HAV. Her clinical symptoms and AST/ALT recovered after supportive treatment; however, a re-elevation of AST/ALT was observed. Weperformed another viral marker study, autoimmune marker study and liver biopsy to rule out another hepatic insult. As a result, anti- HEV IgM, an anti-nuclear antibody and anti-smooth muscle antibody were positive and liver histology showed chronic hepatitis. In conclusion, we report a case of hepatitis A and E coinfection in an autoimmune hepatitis patient.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- A Case of Coinfection of Hepatitis A and E Virus with Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Cyclosporine Treatment in a Patient with Concurrent Autoimmune Urticaria and Autoimmune Hepatitis
- A Case of Overlap Syndromebetween Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- A Case of Autoimmune Hepatitis
- A case of autoimmune hepatitis accompanied by systemic lupus erythematosus
