[Does Q fever hepatitis mimic acute alcoholic hepatitis?].
The authors report the case of a chronic alcoholic woman, hospitalized for chest pain accompanied with fever. The laboratory test mimic an acute alcoholic hepatitis; the presence of a clinical and radiological pulmonary affection led to the discovery of Q fever, the diagnosis of which was confirmed by serology and the discovery of a granuloma on histological examination of the liver.
Dubois
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Service d'Hépato-gastro-entérologie et d'Alcoologie, CHRU de Nîmes.
Perrin
M
M
Pignodel
C
C
Raffanel
C
C
Balmes
J L
JL
Joujoux
J M
JM
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
L'hépatite de la fièvre Q mime-t-elle l'hépatite alcoolique aiguë?