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Extrahepatic Manifestations of Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
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Victor VirlogeuxChristian Trépo Email author
Victor Virlogeux
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Christian Trépo
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1.Service d’Hépatologie, Groupement Hospitalier NordHôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de LyonLyon Cedex 04France
2.Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1LyonFrance
3.Inserm 1052, CNRS 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de LyonLyonFrance
4.Department of Hepatology, Clinical Research Center (CRC), Groupement Hospitalier NordHospices Civils de LyonLyonFrance
Hepatitis B (JK Lim, Section Editor)
First Online: 13 June 2018
Part of the following topical collections:
Topical Collection on Hepatitis B
Abstract
Purpose of Review
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for over 350 million chronic carriers, 50% of whom will die prematurely from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma associated with T cell-mediated cytopathic immune clearance of the virus occurring over lifetime. Around 20% of acute and chronic HBV carriers are experiencing a great range of extrahepatic manifestations related to complex immunological mechanisms.
Recent Findings
Extrahepatic manifestations are due to circulating immune complexes or possibly local inflammation triggered by viral antigens and activating the complement cascade. Their mechanism and severity are unrelated to progression of liver disease. The exact viral trigger antigens remain elusive and the most likely candidates could be hepatitis B e antigen.
The spectrum of the lesion includes acute infection serum sickness, vasculitis including, polyarteritis nodosa and the most affected organs are skin, large joints, muscles, and kidneys.
Summary
Prompt awareness of these extrahepatic manifestations is now of paramount importance, since well-tolerated nucleoside analogues devoid of resistance are capable of inhibiting HBV replication and have proven not only lifesaving but remarkably also curative, like for PAN, turning as the most prophetic illustration of HBV cure.
Keywords
Hepatitis B virus Extrahepatic manifestations Vasculitis Glomerulonephritis Polyarteritis nodosa Serum-like sickness syndrome |
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