A rare extrahepatic syndrome related to acute hepatitis type B : Epididymitis in an adolescent

Hepatitis B is a common, vaccine-preventable infection with high mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Numerous extrahepatic syndromes have been described in patients with either acute or chronic viral hepatitis B. But there is no previous report of co-existence of HBV infection and epididymitis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta gastro-enterologica belgica 2005-04, Vol.68 (2), p.270-271
Hauptverfasser:	TASAR, M. A, BOSTANCI, I, KARABULUT, B, DALLAR, Y
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Child Drug Therapy, Combination Epididymitis - pathology Follow-Up Studies Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Hepatitis B - complications Hepatitis B - diagnosis Hepatitis B - drug therapy Hepatitis B virus - isolation & purification Human viral diseases Humans Infectious diseases Liver Function Tests Male Male genital diseases Medical sciences Non tumoral diseases Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Treatment Outcome Viral diseases Viral diseases of the digestive system Viral hepatitis
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Zusammenfassung:	Hepatitis B is a common, vaccine-preventable infection with high mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Numerous extrahepatic syndromes have been described in patients with either acute or chronic viral hepatitis B. But there is no previous report of co-existence of HBV infection and epididymitis in the English literature. We would like to present and discuss a 12-year-old male patient with epididymitis that might be relation exist with an underlying acute hepatitis B infection.
ISSN:	1784-3227