Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a 17-year-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus infection

Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak; Agnieszka Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz; Dorota Gołyska; Katarzyna Kominek; Elżbieta Pac-Kozuchowska

doi:10.5114/pg.2015.48998

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Gastroenterology Review/Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny

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Case report

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a 17-year-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus infection

Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak

,

Agnieszka Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz

,

Dorota Gołyska

,

Katarzyna Kominek

,

Elżbieta Pac-Kozuchowska

Prz Gastroenterol 2015; 10 (1): 54–56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2015.48998

Online publish date: 2015/02/10

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Acute cholecystitis is most frequently concomitant with cholelithiasis, whereas acute acalculous cholecystitis is usually of an infectious aetiology. Among the aetiological factors, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is also mentioned. The case of a 17-year-old girl is described, hospitalised in the Children’s Clinical Hospital, Paediatric Clinic, at the Medical University in Lublin, due to fever, upper abdomen pain lasting for a week, and nausea for several days. Based on the diagnostic – laboratory tests performed and ultrasonographic examination, acute acalculous cholecystitis was diagnosed, taking course with elevated aminotransferase activity and features of cholestasis. Serological tests confirmed an acute infection with Epstein-Barr virus. After 2 weeks of hospitalisation, the patient, receiving conservative treatment, was discharged home in good condition. A follow-up examination performed 2 weeks later did not show deviation from normal.

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Acute acalculous cholecystitis in a 17-year-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus infection

Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak , Agnieszka Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz , Dorota Gołyska , Katarzyna Kominek , Elżbieta Pac-Kozuchowska

acalculous cholecystitis, Epstein-Barr virus, children

Agnieszka Pawłowska-Kamieniak

,

Agnieszka Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz

,

Dorota Gołyska

,

Katarzyna Kominek

,

Elżbieta Pac-Kozuchowska