Infectious mononucleosis hepatitis: report of two patients

Indian J Gastroenterol. 1997 Jul;16(3):113-4.

Abstract

Icteric hepatitis and fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) are rare in infectious mononucleosis (IM). We report two patients with icteric IM hepatitis; one died after developing FHF, the other recovered uneventfully. Epstein-Barr virus infection causing hepatitis and FHF should be suspected when tests for other hepatotrophic viral infections are negative.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Heterophile / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / drug therapy
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / etiology*
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Infectious Mononucleosis / complications*
  • Infectious Mononucleosis / diagnosis
  • Infectious Mononucleosis / drug therapy
  • Liver Failure, Acute / diagnosis
  • Liver Failure, Acute / etiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Heterophile