TITLE:
A Case Report of Pediatric Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Related Cholestasis from Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait
AUTHORS:
Fawaz Al-Refaee, Sarah Al-Enezi, Enamul Hoque, Assad Albadrawi
KEYWORDS:
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV)
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.5 No.1,
February
9,
2015
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-year-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.