Article Text
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Acute hepatitis E infection as a cause of unexplained neurological symptoms
Summary
Neurological disease is the most common extrahepatic manifestation of autochthonous infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV). The association between acute neurological symptoms and hepatitis E is not well known, and hence HEV testing is often omitted. This case describes aberrant neurology in a 35-year-old woman with a background of HEV infection, highlighting the need for increased awareness of acute hepatitis E infection as a cause of unexplained neurological illness.
- hepatitis other
- hepatitis and other gi infections
- neurology
- infection (neurology)