title: Acute hepatitis E presenting with clinical feature of autoimmune hepatitis.
abstract: A 32-year-old immigrant man presented with new onset jaundice. His past medical history was significant for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. His initial laboratory finding and liver biopsy were suggestive of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). The plan was to start steroids pending negative results for viral serology, but it came back positive for hepatitis E virus. The patient's liver function test and clinical condition improved significantly on conservative management over a period of 1 month. Therefore, we suggest testing for hepatitis E especially in immigrants or recent travelers to endemic areas who presents with clinical features suggestive of AIH.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program, Elmhurst, NY, USA; ishan811@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ishan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program, Elmhurst, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ching Companioni
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program, Elmhurst, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Raghav
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program, Elmhurst, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program, Elmhurst, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Carmine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program, Elmhurst, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aron
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine (Elmhurst) Program, Elmhurst, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walfish
keywords: IAIHG; autoimmune hepatitis; hepatitis E; hepatitis serologies; transaminitis