A Rare Comlication of Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection: Acalculous Cholecystitis
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Case Report
P: 63-66
March 2016

A Rare Comlication of Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection: Acalculous Cholecystitis

J Pediatr Res 2016;3(1):63-66
1. Dr. Sami Ulus Kadın Doğum, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye
2. Dr. Sami Ulus Kadın Doğum, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Radyoloji Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye
3. Dr. Sami Ulus Kadın Doğum, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Çocuk Enfeksiyon Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye
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Received Date: 06.05.2015
Accepted Date: 31.08.2015
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ABSTRACT

Infection with Ebstein-Barr virüs (EBV) causes clinical signs such as fever, tonsillitis, lymphadenitis in adolescents, whereas it is mainly asymptomatic during early childhood. Elevations in liver function tests are known signs in EBV infection but acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is rare. Herein, we report AAC in the course of acute EBV infection. Physicians should keep in mind that acute cholecystitis may develop during the course of EBV related infectious mononucleosis and this complication will recover-paralel to the clinical improvement of the primary disease.