Overlap syndrome triggered by acute viral hepatitis A.
We report the case of a 24-year-old woman with an autoimmune hepatitis/primary biliary cirrhosis overlap syndrome triggered by an acute hepatitis A. A number of viruses have been proposed as potential triggers of autoimmune hepatitis in patients with genetic predisposition. To date, approximately 10 cases of type 1 autoimmune hepatitis following hepatitis A virus infection have been published in the medical literature. To our knowledge, this is the first case of overlap syndrome triggered by an acute hepatitis A.
Heurgué
Alexandra
A
Service d'Hépato-Gastroenterologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Reims, France. aheurgue@chu-reims.fr
Bernard-Chabert
Brigitte
B
Picot
Rémi
R
Cadiot
Guillaume
G
Thiéfin
Gérard
G
D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000821:virology*; D013577:Syndrome; D055815:Young Adult