[Acute hepatitis as a side effect of albendazole: a pediatric case].
We describe a case of acute hepatitis with jaundice in a patient of seven years of age in oral treatment with albendazole; a mild increase of liver function tests is a well-known side effect after prolonged administration but acute hepatitis has never been described in childhood.
U.O. Pediatria II Fondazione Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano.
Chiara
C
Amoruso
Maurizio
M
Fuoti
Veronica
V
Miceli
Elisabetta
E
Zito
Maria Rosaria
MR
Celano
Anna
A
De Giorgi
Gabriella
G
Nebbia
D000208:Acute Disease; D015766:Albendazole / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole