A Case of Polyarthritis Associated with Reactivation of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
;
: 310-313, 2013.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-93447
ABSTRACT
Hepatitis viruses (hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus) have been associated with development of inflammatory arthritis. Approximately 400 million people worldwide have chronic HBV infection. HBV infection is the one of the most common causes of liver disease, and the prevalence of HBV infection in Korea is almost 6%. Arthritis in patients with HBV can be encountered in two settings as a rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-like, acute, self-limited polyarthritis during the pre-symptomatic phase of acute hepatitis B, or, more rarely, as arthritis occurring in the context of HBV-associated polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). In both cases, the pathogenesis of arthritis is attributed to the deposition of immune complexes containing viral antigens (HBsAg or HBeAg) and their respective antibodies (anti-HBs and anti-HBe) in synovial tissues. Here we report on a case of polyarthritis associated with reactivation of chronic hepatitis B virus infection with a review of the literature.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Polyarteritis Nodosa
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Arthritis
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid
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Viruses
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Prevalence
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Hepatitis C
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Herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine
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Hepatitis B, Chronic
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Hepatitis B
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Hepatitis, Chronic
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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