title: Acute pericarditis and renal failure complicating acute hepatitis A infection.
abstract: Hepatitis A infection may result in acute hepatitis, and rarely, fulminant hepatitis may ensue. Extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis A are uncommon. The authors present the case of a 77-year-old male who had development of acute renal failure and pericarditis during the clinical course of acute hepatitis A infection. He died as a result of septic shock on the fifth day of hospitalization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of both these rare and serious complications appearing in the same patient.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yavuz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Beyazit
authors.forename: Gulay Sain
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Guven
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kekilli
authors.forename: Seyfettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koklu
authors.forename: Omer Faruk
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Yolcu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shorbagi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D018450:Disease Progression; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D035922:Hepatitis A Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D017957:Hepatitis A Virus, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D035922:Hepatitis A Antibodies; D003404:Creatinine