title: A case of acute cholecystitis without cholestasis caused by Epstein-Barr virus in a healthy young woman.
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known to be one of the causes of viral hepatitis, but its association with cholecystitis is known to be rare. Cholestasis by EBV-induced hepatitis might be a cause of acute cholecystitis in all of the recently reported cases. In contrast, we experienced the case of a 20-year-old woman who was infected with EBV and presented with acute cholecystitis without cholestasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kandong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center, 150 Seongnae-gil, Gil-dong, Gangdong-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ha Na
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kyung Wook
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jin Seo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Joong Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Eom
mesh_terms: D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult