Severe acute hepatitis due to retroviral rebound syndrome after discontinuation of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

A case of a 36-year-old female patient who presented a mononucleosis-like syndrome with severe acute hepatitis after discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy. Retroviral rebound syndrome is a relatively novel syndrome possible to occur after the discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy. This is the first case reported in the literature of severe acute hepatitis associated with this syndrome.