Pleural effusion: a rare complication of hepatitis A.
Hepatitis A (HAV) infection, which is the most common form of hepatitis in the paediatric age group and which sometimes has a fulminant course, is endemic in Turkey, constituting one of the country's important health problems. Pleural effusion also represents a rare benign complication of acute HAV infections. We describe here a case of Hepatitis A who developed pleural effusion.
Bukulmez
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, 03200 Afyon, Turkey. aysegulbukulmez@yahoo.com
Koken
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Melek
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Dogru
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Ovali
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014421:Turkey