Acute renal failure associated with acute non-fulminant hepatitis B.

World J Hepatol

Tomoya Kishi, Yuji Ikeda, Tsuyoshi Takashima, Shuichi Rikitake, Motoaki Miyazono, Toshihiko Mizuta, Kazuma Fujimoto, Department of Internal Medicine, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga 849-8501, Japan.

Published: February 2013

A 38-year-old female presenting with a high fever of 39 °C developed severe liver dysfunction and acute renal failure (ARF). In tests for a hepatitis associated virus, an Immunoglobulin M-anti-hepatitis B virus core antibody was the only positive finding. Moreover, the progression of ARF coincided with the pole period of liver damage and all the other assumed causes for the ARF were unlikely. Therefore, this case was diagnosed as ARF caused by acute hepatitis B. ARF associated with non-fulminant hepatitis has been infrequently reported, usually in association with acute hepatitis A. This case is considered to be an extremely rare and interesting case.

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