Hepatitis a with pleural effusion, ascites and acalculous cholecystitis.
BACKGROUND
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection constitutes an important health problem in developing countries. It is usually a benign self-limiting disease, but may present with atypical clinical findings.


METHODS
A twelve-year-old male with ascites, pleural effusion, and acalculous cholecystitis during the course of HAV infection is reported. He was managed conservatively and clinical improvement was observed with resolution of HAV infection.


CONCLUSIONS
To our knowledge, this is the first case in which all these three rare complications were observed in a single patient in the early period of disease.
Department of Pediatrics, Sisli Etfal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ela
E
Erdem
Nafiye
N
Urgancı
Yasemin
Y
Ceylan
Nursu
N
Kara
Gul
G
Ozcelik
Seda Geylani
SG
Gulec