Open AccessEnteric Cholestatic Hepatitis with Ascites: A Rare Entity
Author(s) -
Samarth Virmani,
Rama Bhat,
Raghavendra Rao,
Sonia R B D’Souza,
Nitin Bhat
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26707.9788
Subject(s) - ascites , typhoid fever , medicine , jaundice , abdominal pain , vomiting , anorexia , gastroenterology , abdomen , rare disease , hepatitis , surgery , disease , pathology
Typhoid fever is a very common illness in developing countries. Patients most often present with a history of fever, vomiting, anorexia, abdominal pain, etc. Rarely there is hepatic involvement due to the disease process. This is a case report of a 26-year-old male who had presented with fever, jaundice and ascites. The widal titres were found to be within normal limits (1:80) however the patient was found to have Salmonella typhi on ascitic fluid culture. The patient was treated with the appropriate antibiotics and was later discharged.