[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.
Amoruso
Chiara
C
U.O. Pediatria II Fondazione Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milano.
Fuoti
Maurizio
M
Miceli
Veronica
V
Zito
Elisabetta
E
Celano
Maria Rosaria
MR
De Giorgi
Anna
A
Nebbia
Gabriella
G
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