title: An unusual presentation of perinatally transmitted hepatitis C.
abstract: A unique presentation of perinatally acquired hepatitis C (HCV) with acute jaundice and chronic aggressive liver disease in a previously asymptomatic preadolescent is described. The difficulties in establishing the diagnosis and the importance of confirmatory testing for HCV in cryptogenic liver disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington DC 20001, USA. pmohan@cnmc.org
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kleiner
authors.forename: N L C
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Luban
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious