title: Progressive liver calcifications in neonatal coxsackievirus infection.
abstract: Coxsackievirus group B can cause a severe systemic disease in the perinatal period. Severe manifestations like meningitis, encephalitis, hepatitis, and myocarditis have been previously reported. A case of a twin neonate infected by coxsackievirus group B is described, who developed progressive extensive hepatic calcifications demonstrated by ultrasound and computed tomography with follow-up. Hepatic calcifications in coxsackievirus infection have not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sapir Medical Center, Meir General Hospital, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Konen
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rathaus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dolfin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014427:Twins; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler