Epstein Barr Virus Infection Presenting with Portal Lymphadenopathy and Cholestatic Hepatitis
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Case Report
P: 121-124
August 2016

Epstein Barr Virus Infection Presenting with Portal Lymphadenopathy and Cholestatic Hepatitis

J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2016;69(2):121-124
1. Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey
2. Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey
3. Department of Gastroenterology; Bozok University, School of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey
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ABSTRACT

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a B lymphotropic human herpes virus and have a widespread distribution in the world. It causes infectious mononucleosis (EM) which is known as the kissing disease because of transmission through saliva. EBV is a rare cause of acute hepatitis, cholestatic hepatitis in the course of the EBV infection is much more rare. In this paper, we report a case with cholestatic hepatitis and portal lymphadenopathy due to EBV infection.

Keywords:
Epstein-Barr virus
cholestatic hepatitis
portal lymphadenopathy