Hepatitis delta

What it is

Hepatitis delta is a rare hepatic disease characterized by variable degrees of acute hepatitis resulting from infection with the hepatitis delta virus. Occasionally it may present a benign course, but most frequently it manifests with severe liver disease that may include fulminant liver failure, hepatic decompensation and rapid progression to cirrhosis. All patients present concomitant hepatitis B virus infection and an increased risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma has been reported.

Key facts

Prevalence

1-5 / 10 000 (Europe)

Age of onset

All ages

Inheritance

Not applicable

Classified as

Disease

Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

ICD-10 codes

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

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