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Relapsing Henoch‐Schönlein Purpura in an Adult Patient Associated with Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Author(s) -
Ergin Şeniz,
Erdoğan Berna Şanlı,
Turgut Hüseyin,
Evliyaoğlu Deniz,
Yalçın Ata Nevzat
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00856.x
Subject(s) - medicine , purpura (gastropod) , discontinuation , etiology , hepatitis , hepatitis b , immunology , hepatitis a , dermatology , biology , ecology
Henoch‐Schölein purpura is usually a disease of children presenting with arthralgia, abdominal pain, renal involvement, and palpable purpura. Viral and bacterial infections may have a role in its etiology. We present a 32‐year‐old male patient with recurrent Henoch‐Schölein purpura in association with a chronic hepatitis B infection of ten years duration. The patient had received lamuvudine and interferon‐α for the treatment of hepatitis B infection for a year. The skin lesions disappeared with the treatment of the hepatitis B infection. Four months after discontinuation of the therapy, the purpuric papules reappeared with reactivation of the hepatitis B infection. Although rarely reported, hepatitis B virus infection should be considered in patients with Henoch‐Schölein purpura.