Relapsing Henoch-Schonlein purpura in an adult patient associated with hepatitis B virus infection

Ergin S., Erdogan B., Turgut H., Evliyaoglu D., YALÇIN A. N.

JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY, vol.32, no.10, pp.839-842, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 10
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00856.x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.839-842
  • Keywords: Henoch-Scholein purpura, HBV, VASCULITIS, HBSAG
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Henoch-Scholein 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-Scholein purpura in association with a chronic hepatitis B infection of ten years duration. The patient had received lamuvudine and interferon-alpha 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-Scholein purpura.