title: [Acute hepatitis due to heatstroke].
abstract: The hepatic injury is a nearly constant event in the course of a heatstroke, which rarely evolves to a severe liver failure. In these cases, the patient's survival is conditioned to an early treatment and, sometimes, an orthotopic liver transplantation is needed. We report a case of severe acute hepatitis in a 17-year-old man, due to a heatstroke during a vigorous exercise in a training program. High ambient temperature and a long time without training predisposed to the development of heatstroke in this patient. Outcome was favourably, with a total recovery in a few weeks.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Digestiva, Hospital La Fe, Valencia.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pastor
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pérez-Aguilar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nicolás
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berenguer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D005082:Physical Exertion
vernacular_title: Hepatitis aguda grave causada por golpe de calor.