Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: July-September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 154-157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210725
Viral Hepatitis A and B as Differential in Children Presenting with Acute Glomerulonephritis
Parul Bhardwaj1, Anju Bala2, Parvinder Singh3
1MD Internal Medicine, Civil Hospital Dehra (H.P.)
2MD Pediatrics, Civil Hospital Nadaun (H.P.)
3Senior Resident Pediatrics, DRKGMC Hamirpur (H.P.)
Corresponding Author: Anju Bala
ABSTRACT
Hepatitis A and B presenting as acute glomerulonephritis is rare in pediatric age group. In children it is necessary to recognize glomerulonephritis early in the course of disease so as to prevent long term morbidity. Cases described in this report indicate that children presenting with acute glomerulonephritis must be investigated for viral hepatitis.
Keywords: Glomerulonephritis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B.