title: [EBV-induced fulminant hepatic failure: favorable outcome after liver transplantation].
abstract: Viral hepatitis are the leading cause of fulminant hepatitis. Epstein Barr virus is the viral agent involved in infectious mononucleosis, associated with a frequent and usually benign hepatitis, except in case of immunodeficiency, congenital or acquired. We report the case of an immunocompetent young woman who presented an EBV induced fulminant hepatic failure, requiring liver transplantation that was successful. This observation emphasizes that EBV must be known as a possible cause of fulminant hepatitis and that liver transplantation is probably the unique therapeutic option to avoid a usually fatal course.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon. jerome.dumortier@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dumortier
authors.forename: Yahia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mekki
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rimmelé
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ber
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maillard
authors.forename: Samira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fafi-Kremer
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lina
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Scoazec
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Delafosse
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boillot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D012074:Remission Induction