A Case Report of Pediatric Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Related Cholestasis from Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53868#.VNm4HizQrzE Author(s) Fawaz Al-Refaee * , Sarah Al-Enezi , Enamul Hoque , Assad Albadrawi Affiliation(s) Department of Pediatrics, Al-Adan Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait, Kuwait . ABSTRACT Infectious mononucleosis is an acute illness due to Epstein Barr virus infection, which occurs commonly in young adults. Liver involvement in acute EBV infection occurs in up to 95% of patients between the 6th and 15th day of illness and is usually mild [1]. Here we report on a 7 years old girl treated by Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Unit of Al-Adan Hospital pediatric Department, presented with prolonged fever, lymphadenopathy, generalized edema, hyperbilurubi- nemia and elevated liver enzymes secondary to EBV infection. This case represents a rare presentation of common viral infection in pediatric population. KEYWORDS Epstein Bar...