Prolonged hepatitis caused by cytomegalovirus and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in 16-year-old obese boy.
Recently, the prevalence of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has been increasingly reported in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity. NASH exists not only in adults but also in children. We report on an 16-year-old boy with prolonged hepatitis associated with NASH after cytomegalovirus hepatitis. Increased transaminase levels recovered in parallel to his weight reduction.


CONCLUSIONS
Clinicians should be aware of the possibility that prolonged acute hepatitis might be associated with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in adolescents.
Kanda
Tatsuo
T
Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, 260-0856 Chiba, Japan. kandat-cib@umin.ac.jp
Yokosuka
Osamu
O
Suzuki
Yutaka
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications