Nurullah PEKER, Abdulkadir TURGUT, Senem Yaman TUNÇ, Neval Yaman GÖRÜK, Ali ÖZLER, Recep TEKİN

Gebeliğin akut yağlı karaciğer hastalığı ile karışan akut viral Hepatit A olgusu

Gebelikte akut hepatit A enfeksiyonu oldukça nadir görülmektedir. Klinik ve laboratuar bulgularıyla gebelikte oldukça mortal seyredebilen gebeliğin akut yağlı karaciğer hastalığı ile karışabilmektedir. Karaciğer fonksiyon testlerinde yükseklik izlenen her iki durumun ayırıcı tanısı yapılmalı ve bu tabloyla gelen bir hastada hepatit A enfeksiyonu da akla gelmelidir. Kliniğimize başvurusunda, gebeliğin akut yağlı karaciğer hastalığı tanısı sonrasında akut hepatit A tanısı alan, 30 yaşında 35 haftalık gebeliği olan bir olgusunulmuştur.

A case of acute viral hepatitis interfering with acute fatty liver disease of pregnancy

Acute hepatitis A is a rarely seen infection during pregnancy. In terms of clinical and laboratory findings, it can be interfere with acute fatty liver disease which can be quite mortal during pregnancy. Since liver function tests are elevated in both conditions, hepatitis A infection should also be kept in mind in differential diagnosis. We present a 30 year-old pregnant woman with 35 weeks of gestation who presented to our clinic with a suspection of acute fatty liver disease but finally diagnosed as acute hepatitis A infection.

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