title: Acute ascites accompanying hepatitis A infection in a child.
abstract: A seven-year-old child developed ascites when recovering from hepatitis A infection. Accumulation of intraperitoneal fluid was confirmed by ultrasonic study. The clinical course was otherwise uneventful and the ascites disappeared after a few days with no treatment, and did not recur for five years. Ascites may exceptionally accompany hepatitis A infection. Its appearance, however, does not indicate an unfavorable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Soroka Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yagupsky
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barki
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014463:Ultrasonography