Acute Hepatitis Caused by Genotype 4 HCV Presenting with Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia | Zendy

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Acute Hepatitis Caused by Genotype 4 HCV Presenting with Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia

Author(s) -

Ahmed Kamal,

Ayman Youssef,

Amal R. Mansour

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

acg case reports journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112

H-Index - 4

ISSN - 2326-3253

DOI - 10.14309/crj.2018.73

Subject(s) - medicine , microangiopathic hemolytic anemia , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , ribavirin , chronic hepatitis , hemolytic anemia , hepatitis c , immunology , interferon , virology , platelet , virus

Many cases have been reported about the role of chronic hepatitis C and interferon therapy in the development and recurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), but to our knowledge there is no previous report about the association between acute hepatitis C and any microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) including TTP. We report a case of acute hepatitis C that presented with MAHA resembling TTP, which resolved with spontaneous clearance of viral infection.

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