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KMID : 0614620070500020121
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Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2007 Volume.50 No. 2 p.121 ~ p.125
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Three Sporadic Cases of Acute Hepatitis E
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Kim Dong-Han
Park Hyuk
Moon Seung-Won
Jeong Jong-Hyeok
Yang Hyuk-Seung
Kim Do-Hyeon
Kim Ho-Dong
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Abstract
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Acute hepatitis E is an endemic disease, commonly reported in Indian subcontinent, China, Africa, Central America, and so forth. It is a self-limiting disease like other acute hepatitis except in pregnant patient. Although sporadic hepatitis E is noted all over the world, most of them are associated with travel history to HEV-endemic area. In Korea, Hepatitis E is rarely reported. Moreover, sporadic acute hepatitis E without travel history to HEV-endemic area is very rare. We experienced three sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E, without travel history. All of them presented acute hepatitis symptoms, elevated aminotransferase, and positive IgM HEV Ab. Symptoms and aminotransferase levels were normalized during hospitalization and IgM HEV Ab converted negative after 4-8 months. We report three sporadic cases of onset-acute hepatitis E without travel history to HEV-endemic area.(Korean J Gastroenterol 2007;50:121-125)
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KEYWORD
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Acute hepatitis E, IgM anti-HEV, Hepatits E virus
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