[EBV-induced fulminant hepatic failure: favorable outcome after liver transplantation].
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.
Dumortier
Jérôme
J
Unité de Transplantation Hépatique, Fédération des Spécialités Digestives, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon. jerome.dumortier@chu-lyon.fr
Mekki
Yahia
Y
Rimmelé
Thomas
T
Ber
Charles
C
Maillard
Emmanuel
E
Fafi-Kremer
Samira
S
Lina
Bruno
B
Scoazec
Jean-Yves
JY
Delafosse
Bertrand
B
Boillot
Olivier
O
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