Labrea-like hepatitis in Vitoria, Espirito Santo state, Brazil: report of a case

• Main Authors: Fausto Edmundo Lima Pereira, Carlos Musso, Elton de Almeida Lucas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1993
• Subjects: Hepatite aguda; Febre de Lábrea; Hepatite viral; Esteatose hepática; Acute hepatitis; Labrea's fever; Viral hepatitis; Fatty liver; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Aguda; Arctic; Entrada; The Portal
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/5626965ca1e54b34b005e1111b126416

A case of fulminat hepatitis with microvesicular steatosis resembling Labrea 's fever, diagnosed in Vitoria (ES) is reported. The 16 year old bcy presented with severe epistaxis, agitation, jaundice and hemorrhagic vomiting and died two days after admission to the emergency unit of the Vnivesit...