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Falciparum Malaria or Fulminant Hepatic Failure?

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Title: Falciparum Malaria or Fulminant Hepatic Failure?

Authors: Tasnim Ahsan , S.M. Rab , M.S. Shekhani 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1993

Volume: 43

Issue: 10

Language: English

Categories
Liver Failure (4) Diagnosis (246) Malaria (91) Infectious Diseases (12373) Hepatology (3886)

Abstract

Abstract


Six cases of severe jaundice and encephaiopathy due to falciparum hepatitis initially diagnosed as fulminant hepatic failure are reported. This rare presentation of falciparum malaria should be suspected in patients with persistent fever, jaundice, en­cephalopathy and hepatomegaly. The diagnosis should be further suspected when the liver function tests show a predominantly conjugated hyperbilirubinemla with only modest elevation of liver enzymes and alkaline phosphatase. Liver biopsy is valuable in establishing the diagnosis at all stages of the disease

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