Back التهاب كبدي فيروسي Arabic Вируслы гепатит Bashkir Hepatitis vírica Catalan Virová hepatitida Czech ވައިރަލް ހެޕަޓައިޓިސް DV Virusa hepatito Esperanto Hepatitis viral Spanish Hépatite virale French דלקת כבד נגיפית HE Վիրուսային հեպատիտ Armenian

Viral hepatitis

Viral hepatitis
Micrograph showing ground glass hepatocytes, which are seen in chronic hepatitis B infections (a type of viral hepatitis), and represent accumulations of viral antigen in the endoplasmic reticulum. H&E stain.
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Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation due to a viral infection.[1][2] It may present in acute form as a recent infection with relatively rapid onset, or in chronic form, typically progressing from a long-lasting asymptomatic condition up to a decompensated hepatic disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).[3]

The most common causes of viral hepatitis are the five unrelated hepatotropic viruses hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. Other viruses can also cause liver inflammation, including cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, and yellow fever. There also have been scores of recorded cases of viral hepatitis caused by herpes simplex virus.[4]

  1. ^ "National Library of Medicine » Medical Subject Headings »Virus Diseases (C02) » Hepatitis, Viral, Human (C02.440) » Scope Note".
  2. ^ "Hepatitis | MedlinePlus". Retrieved 2017-06-23.
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  4. ^ Ahmed A, Granillo A, Burns E, Glassner K, Naseem N, Force C, Crumley SM, Drews A (2020). "Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Hepatitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature". Case Rep Med. 2020: 8613840. doi:10.1155/2020/8613840. PMC 7054783. PMID 32148514.

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