Under Disguise: A Concealed Case of Acute Hepatitis A Infection

Jordan C Malone; Ernesto Zamora; Joseph M Gosnell; Heather Stevenson-Lerner; Akshata Moghe

doi:10.7759/cureus.48224

Under Disguise: A Concealed Case of Acute Hepatitis A Infection

Jordan C Malone, Ernesto Zamora, Joseph M Gosnell, Heather Stevenson-Lerner, Akshata Moghe

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Abstract

Acute hepatitis A virus infection is routinely identified through a thorough patient history in conjunction with liver chemistries and viral serologies. The diagnosis has the potential to be delayed when the clinical picture is obscured with another, seemingly more urgent presenting pathology with overlapping features. Here, we describe the case of a young female who presented with acute calculous cholecystitis with concurrent acute hepatitis A virus infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e48224
Journal	Cureus
Volume	15
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48224
State	Published - Nov 2023

Keywords

Anchoring Bias
Hepatology
Hyperbilirubinemia
Acute cholecystitis
HAV

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