✦ LIBER ✦
Chickenpox-associated fulminant hepatitis that led to liver transplantation in a 63-year-old woman
✍ Scribed by Anne-Marie Roque-Afonso; Marie-Pierre Bralet; Philippe Ichai; Delphine Desbois; Parissa Vaghefi; Denis Castaing; Didier Samuel; Elisabeth Dussaix
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21514
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✦ Synopsis
A 63-year-old woman treated with prednisone for sinusitis developed fulminant liver failure due to a clinically unsuspected primary varicella zoster virus infection. The diagnosis of herpetic hepatitis was made from a liver biopsy, and varicella zoster virus viremia was detected by polymerase chain reaction. She was treated successfully with transplantation and perioperative administration of acyclovir.
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