Adenovirus hepatitis presenting as tumoral lesions in an immunocompromised patient.

نویسندگان

  • Juan Putra
  • Arief A Suriawinata
چکیده

A 59-year-old man with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia on alemtuzumab presented with neutropenic fever, intermittent nausea, and multiple ill-defined low attenuation foci in the liver on abdominal computed tomography scan which were suspicious for metastatic disease. Histological examination revealed the diagnosis of adenovirus hepatitis. Patient responded well to cidofovir. Adenovirus hepatitis is a rare but important entity to be considered by the clinicians, radiologists, and pathologists. Timely diagnosis and appropriate management are essential to improve the prognosis of adenovirus hepatitis in immunocompromised patients.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Annals of hepatology

دوره 13 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014