Autores: Qi Xingshun, Han Lei, Arora Ankur, Hou Yue, Wang Ran, Chang Sha, Guo Xiaozhong
CASE PRESENTATION A previously healthy 59-year-old female presented with intermittent fever for 4 days. The highest temperature was 40°C. Buluofen was given at home, but fever relapsed. She denied any history of liver diseases. She did not smoke or have any history of alcohol or drug abuse. On physical examinations, there were no positive signs. At our admission, abnormal laboratory tests (2016-12-19) were primarily shown as follows: white blood cell was 12.3 x109/L (reference range: 3.5-9.5 x 109/L), percentage of neutrophil was 81.9% (reference range: 40-75%), C reactive protein was 99.4 mg/L (reference range: 0-8 mg/L), procalcitonin was 0.378 ng/mL (reference range: 0-0.05 ng/mL), total bilirubin was 48.88 umol/L (reference range: 5.1-22.2 umol/L), direct bilirubin was 17.2 umol/L (reference range: 0-8.6 umol/L), aspartate aminotransferase was 111.68 U/L (reference range: 13-35 U/L), alanine aminotransferase was 181.88 (reference range: 7-40 U/L), alkaline phosphatase was 154.83 U/L (reference range: 35-135 U/L), gamma-glutamyl transferase was 164.91 U/L (reference range: 7-45 U/L), albumin was 38.2 g/L (reference range: 40-55 g/L), mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody IgM was weakly positive, and anti-influenza virus antibody IgM was weakly positive. Viral hepatitis A, B, C, and E were excluded. Alfa-fetal protein, carcinoembryonic antigen, CA50, CA125, CA153, CA199, and CA242 levels were within the normal range. HIV was negative. Creatinine and prothrombin time were within the normal range. Antinuclear antibody, anti mitochondrial antibody, anti mitochondrial antibody type M2, and anti smooth muscle antibody were negative. IgG4 test was not available.
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Vol. 16 Núm.3. Mayo-Junio 2017 Pags. 457-459 Ann Hepatol 2017; 16(3)