Unusual MDCT and Sonography Findings in Fulminant Hepatic Failure Resulting from Hepatitis A Infection

AJR 2005; 185:1033-1035.

Cakir B, Teksam M, Tarhan NC, Isiklar I, Tutar NU, Ozcay F, Coskun M, Bilezikci B, Demirhan B.

Fulminant hepatic failure is a severe liver injury that is associated with cucephalopathy and coagulopathy in persons without a history of liver disease. Although hepatitis A virus infection tends to be self-limiting in childhood, it has been shown to cause fulminant hepatic failure [1 ]. CT and MRI findings have been described in one study of three cases of fulminant hepatitis in the radiology literature [2].

In this report, we describe the unusual sonography and MDCT findings in a 4-year-old boy with fulminant hepatitis A virus infection.