Affiliation:
1. From the Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Unidade Local de Saúde São José, Lisboa, Portugal.
Abstract
Hepatitis A virus commonly affects children in developing countries. Usually, it presents as an asymptomatic infection or a self-limited acute hepatitis. We report 3 rare pediatric cases of acute acalculous cholecystitis associated with to hepatitis A virus. Conservative treatment was successful, with complete clinical, analytical and imaging remission.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)