Key result
A 30-year-old male with nonfulminant hepatitis A developed encephalopathy associated with a reversible splenial lesion on the corpus callosum that completely resolved 15 days after admission.
Population
30-year-old healthy male with dysarthria and fever, diagnosed with nonfulminant hepatitis A and encephalopathy
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
15 days
Authors
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May prompt MRI in hepatitis A encephalopathy; first report leaves causal link to reversible splenial lesion open.
Case Report (n=1)
This is the first report of a non-fulminant hepatitis A patient presenting with encephalopathy associated with a reversible splenial lesion detected by brain MRI.
Ko et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Nonfulminant hepatitis A with encephalopathy (n=1). Hepatitis A virus infection was evaluated on Resolution of encephalopathy and splenial lesion. A 30-year-old male with nonfulminant hepatitis A developed encephalopathy associated with a reversible splenial lesion on the corpus callosum that completely resolved 15 days after admission.
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