{"title":"Severe hypertransaminasemia during mild SARS-CoV-2 infection: A pediatric case report and literature review.","authors":"Alessandra Palpacelli, Gaia Martelli, Bianca Lattanzi, Alessandro Volpini, Salvatore Cazzato","doi":"10.1002/ped4.12300","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Liver injury during SARS-CoV-2 infection has a multifactorial pathogenesis and it is frequent in pediatric cases.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>We report a case with severe hypertransaminasemia associated with mild SARS-CoV-2 infection.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This highlights the potential need of hepatic function evaluation during acute illness and follow-up even in non-critically ill children with COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":19992,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Investigation","volume":"5 4","pages":"310-312"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9f/fa/PED4-5-310.PMC8662248.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatric Investigation","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ped4.12300","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2021/12/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Introduction: Liver injury during SARS-CoV-2 infection has a multifactorial pathogenesis and it is frequent in pediatric cases.
Case presentation: We report a case with severe hypertransaminasemia associated with mild SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Conclusion: This highlights the potential need of hepatic function evaluation during acute illness and follow-up even in non-critically ill children with COVID-19.