Fulminant herpes simplex viral hepatitis: ultrasound and CT imaging appearance and a review of the imaging literature.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
We report the case of a previously healthy 21-year-old woman who presented 6 days post-partum in acute fulminant hepatic failure. A liver ultrasound demonstrated normal echogenicity without discrete nodules while an enhanced computed tomography (CT) demonstrated innumerable 1- to 3-mm hypodense nodules throughout the liver with greater involvement of the left lobe. Liver biopsy confirmed herpes simplex virus infection. We believe this disease has a characteristic appearance on CT and prompt recognition can expedite diagnosis and therapy.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Tripuraneni, V; Patel, K; Brennan, TV; Ho, LM
Published Date
- March 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 38 / 2
Start / End Page
- 191 - 194
PubMed ID
- 24387920
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1873-4499
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.clinimag.2013.11.015
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States