Open AccessA rare case of childhood Hepatitis A infection with pleural effusion, acalculous cholecystitis, and ascites
Author(s) -
Richie Dalai,
Sumit Malhotra,
Aditya Gupta,
Manisha Mandal,
Shashi Kant
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_298_18
Subject(s) - medicine , pleural effusion , ascites , hepatitis , cholecystitis , liver disease , effusion , hepatitis a , disease , gastroenterology , pediatrics , surgery , gallbladder
Hepatitis A is common among children of developing nations. Young children with Hepatitis A infection usually have a mild form of the disease. Serious manifestations like pleural effusion and acalculous cholecystitis are very rare in Hepatitis A infection in young children. There have been some reports of these manifestations of childhood Hepatitis A occurring in isolation but for these to co-exist, is extremely rare. In this article a young child with Hepatitis A infection who had all these three manifestations of pleural effusion, acalculous cholecystitis and ascites together, is reported.