Vasculitis as a Presenting Manifestation of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Case Report
Published: February 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/.7304
Harpreet Singh, Vikram Singh Tanwar, Gagandeep Sukhija, Parminder Kaur, Nikhil Govil
1. Senior Professor, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
4. Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
5. Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Vikram Singh Tanwar,
Room no. 153, Doctor’s Hostel, PGIMS Rohtak,Haryana-124001, India.
E-mail: drvikrampgi@gmail.com
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.
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