Hepatitis A virus infection presenting with seizures.
Hepatitis A infection rarely causes extrahepatic manifestations. Here we present a 5-year-old patient with an initial complaint of nuchal rigidity and convulsions during the course of hepatitis A infection. Because hepatitis A virus RNA was demonstrated in the cerebrospinal fluid, it was thought that convulsions might be related to this viral infection.
Cam
Sebahat
S
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ertem
Deniz
D
Koroglu
Ozge Altun
OA
Pehlivanoglu
Ender
E
D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D030041:Hepatitis A virus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000821:virology*
D007075:Immunoglobulin M