Open AccessVasculitis as a Presenting Manifestation of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Harpreet Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17384.7304
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , vasculitis , cirrhosis , complication , hepatitis b virus , virus , etiology , chronic hepatitis , hepatitis , hepatitis b , immunology , pathology , gastroenterology , disease
Hepatitis B virus is responsible for causing hepatic complications like acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma along with some uncommon immune mediated extrahepatic manifestations. Vasculitis remains an uncommon extrahepatic complication of hepatitis B virus infection. Herein we report a case of hepatitis B infection that presented with leucocytoclastic vasculitis as an initial manifestation and managed successfully with entacavir therapy.