Unusual cause of abdominal pain in pediatric emergency medicine
| Autor: | Suhas N. Joshi, Budensab H. Angadi, Mahesh B. Maralihalli, Gowda Parameshwar Prashanth, Praveen S. Bagalkot |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Abdominal pain
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Endemic Diseases Pleural effusion viruses Hepatitis A Infection Cholecystitis Acute India Pediatric emergency medicine Ascites medicine Humans Aplastic anemia Child Developing Countries business.industry virus diseases General Medicine Emergency department Hepatitis A medicine.disease Abdominal Pain Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Emergency Medicine Cholecystitis Female medicine.symptom Emergencies business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric emergency care. 28(6) |
| ISSN: | 1535-1815 |
| Popis: | Atypical manifestations of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection include ascites, pleural effusion, acute renal failure, aplastic anemia, and neurological manifestations. Although association of HAV and acute cholecystitis is known, presentation of hepatitis A infection with acute cholecystitis has not been reported in pediatric emergency medicine literature. Primary acute acalculous cholecystitis in children is rare and commonly attributed to systemic infections. We report a case of a child developing acute viral cholecystitis as a presenting feature of sporadic HAV infection and review HAV-associated cholecystitis in children. The article provides a brief illustration of evaluating acute abdominal pain in older children in the emergency department in a developing country. |
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