Local treatment of non healing leg ulcers in a patient with hepatitis C virus infection.
Local treatment of non healing leg ulcers in a patient with hepatitis C virus infection.
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丙型肝炎病毒感染患者不愈合的腿部溃疡的局部治疗。
DOI:
10.1111/iwj.12106
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Fino,Pasquale
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作者:
Onesti,MariaG;Fioramonti,Paolo;Massera,Diego;Amorosi,Vittoria;Fino,Pasquale
Dear Editors, Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV), a blood-borne agent, is transmitted by apparent and inapparent parenteral procedures, frequently associated with autoimmune extrahepatic complications (1). Skin is one of the most frequently affected organs and the major skin diseases frequently associated with HCV infection include mixed cryoglobulinemia, porphyria cutaneatarda, palpable purpura, lichen planus cutaneous and necrotising vasculitis, often with very painful leg ulcers. Other skin disorders that may also be linked to hepatitis C are Behçet syndrome, erythaema multiforme and nodosum, malacoplakia, urticaria and pruritus (2). The leg ulcers due to cutaneous vasculitis may or may not be associated to cryoglobulins (3). These are chronic, nonhealing ulcers difficult to treat with a significant impact on psychosocial aspects as well as on one’s physical well-being (4, 5).We present a case of a 57-year-old female ex-addict who has been suffering from HCV infection for 10years, cardiopathy, hypertension and arterio-venous pathology. She presented with non-healing ulcers over her right and left thighs for a duration of 3 years (Figure 1). During the 3 years prior to the admission, the patient was treated monthly by her general practitioner and twice a week by a home-care team. The patient was visited at first, in 2011, in our Ambulatory
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影响因子:
2.6
作者:
M. V. Eck;N. Nicolson;H. Berkhof;J. Sulon
通讯作者:
J. Sulon
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Miu, Andrei C.;Heilman, Renata M.;Miclea, Mircea
通讯作者:
Miclea, Mircea
影响因子:
1.2
作者:
Yokusoglu, Mehmet;Ozturk, Sami;Isik, Ersoy
通讯作者:
Isik, Ersoy
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Schlotz, W;Schulz, P;Hellhammer, DH
通讯作者:
Hellhammer, DH
DOI:
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发表时间:
2009
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影响因子:
--
作者:
高橋正人;市川和樹;正田康博;大谷毅
通讯作者:
大谷毅