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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2021 Jul;31(7):S125-S126. doi: 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.Supp2.S125.

Acute Hepatitis as a Rare Presentation of COVID-19.

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP

Abat Khan, Ihtisham Qayum, Abdul Wali Khan, Muhammad Hanif, Awais Naeem

Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiology, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan.

PMID: 34271811 DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2021.Supp2.S125

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) initially emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and now it has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 commonly presents with respiratory manifestations like fever, cough, body aches, and shortness of breath. Neurological, myocardial, renal and gastrointestinal complications secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection have been reported in the literature. Gastrointestinal symptoms reported with COVID-19 are mostly nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. COVID-19 can rarely present with acute hepatitis. Here, we report a case of a 45-year male who presented with signs and symptoms of acute hepatitis secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Key Words: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Acute hepatitis.

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