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Severe intimal hyperplasia with ischaemic colitis in two patients with hepatitis C
Author(s) -
Randall K. L.,
Yong J.,
Steele R. H.,
Spicer S. T.,
Howlin K. J.,
Quin J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01318.x
Subject(s) - medicine , colitis , gastroenterology , intimal hyperplasia , cardiology , smooth muscle
Many extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C have been described, including renal disease and vasculitis. We describe the novel finding of intimal hyperplasia associated with severe ischaemic events in two patients with hepatitis C. The combination of genotype 1a hepatitis C virus, rapidly progressive mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis and intimal hyperplasia with ischaemic sequelae, may represent a new syndrome.