Acute Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Host as a Reason for Upper Right Abdominal Pain.

Jensen KO; Angst E; Hetzer FH; Gingert C

doi:10.1159/000442972

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Acute Cytomegalovirus Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Host as a Reason for Upper Right Abdominal Pain.

Jensen KO Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Angst E Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Hetzer FH Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Gingert C Clinic of Surgery and Orthopedics, Cantonal Hospital Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland; Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany.

2016-07-13

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Case reports in gastroenterology. - 2016

English Cytomegalovirus infections are widely distributed with a seroprevalence of up to 100%. The majority of the cases take a silent course or deal with unspecific clinical symptoms. Complications in immunocompetent patients are rare but may affect the liver and lead up to an acute organ failure. In this case report, we describe a 35-year-old immunocompetent female with an acute cytomegalovirus infection presenting as acute hepatitis with ongoing upper right abdominal pain after cholecystectomy. Upper right abdominal pain is a common symptom with a wide range of differential diagnoses. If common reasons can be excluded, we want to sensitize for cytomegalovirus infection as a minor differential diagnosis even in immunocompetent patients.

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