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Hepatitis A infection rarely causes extrahepatic manifestations. Here we present a 5-year-old patient with an initial complaint of nuchal rigidity and convulsions during the course of hepatitis A infection. Because hepatitis A virus RNA was demonstrated in the cerebrospinal fluid, it was thought
Guillain-Barré syndrome and other neurologic syndromes occur rarely as complications of viral hepatitis, although a causal association has not been established. Seven cases of serologically documented hepatitis A have been reported with Guillain-Barré syndrome; all recovered, with mild neurologic
Encephalitis is caused by multiple organisms, but rarely by the hepatitis A virus. A 27-year-old man visited our hospital because of fever, altered consciousness, and seizures. On physical exam, a stuporous mentality and neck stiffness were found. On laboratory exam, elevated liver enzymes and
This open-label, multicenter, randomized, comparative study evaluated immunogenicity, safety and tolerability of concomitant (Group 1; n=330) vs. non-concomitant (Group 2; n=323) VAQTA™ (25U/0.5 mL) (hepatitis A vaccine; HAV) with ProQuad™ (measles/mumps/rubella/varicella; MMRV) and Prevnar™
We report an 8-year-old boy with complex partial seizures due to congenital stroke, treated with valproate for more than 3 years (the last 2 years were on monotherapy) with no complications during that period except for transient thrombocytopenia. His sister had uncomplicated hepatitis A. One month
We present this rare occurrence of a 17 yr old boy, a known case of congenital hypoparathyroidism, who presented with fever and jaundice for 8 days and 2 episodes of generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Premorbidly patient was on regular oral calcium supplementations with normal serum calcium levels.
The patient was a 25-year-old healthy male who experienced fever, chills, and abdominal pain for 5 days prior to the hospital visit. He was diagnosed with acute hepatitis A, and at admission he presented with anuric acute kidney injury and hepatic encephalopathy. He received continuous renal
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Acute centrilobular liver cell necrosis in hypoxic hepatitis (HH) occurs mainly in the setting of hemodynamic failure owing to cardiac failure, respiratory failure, and septic-toxic shock. Cases of HH were also reported under specific conditions such as heat stroke, grand mal seizure,
A 39-year-old man, who had high grade fever and headache for 4 days was admitted to our hospital because of generalized seizure and disturbance of consciousness. He was pyrexial, but not icteric. Neurological examination revealed disorientation, nuchal rigidity and bilateral Babinski reflexes.
A 5-year-old male, drowsy, jaundiced child presented with fulminant hepatitis and had HAV and HEV infection. He had hepatic encephalopathy grade 1, fever, pallor, hypotension, crepitations in his right lung base and hepatosplenomegaly with dyspnoea. He had highly raised liver enzymes and