ISSN 2326-7283
African Journal of Internal Medicine ISSN: 2326-7283 Vol. 2 (2), pp. 021-022, March, 2013. © International Scholars Journals
Case Report
Pancytopenia developed in the course of hepatitis A
Muhammed Akıl1, Avni Kaya1, Fesih Aktar1, Hayrettin Temel1, Gökmen Taşkın1, Sinan Akbayram2
1Department of Pediatrics, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
2 Department of Pediatric Hematology, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 23 February, 2013
Abstract
Hepatitis A has been reported with anemia, thrombocytopenia, leucopenia and rarely pancytopenia. A 5-year-old girl patient presented with complaints of yellowing of the eyes, abdominal bloating and abdominal pain 10 days ago. Skin and sclera were found to be icteric. Anti-HAV IgG and anti-HAV IgM tests were positive. In this case, we presented a 5-year-old girl who had pancytopenia with acute Hepatitis A infection as this case was rarely seen.
Key words: Hepatitis, child, infection, anemia, thrombocytopenia.