ResumoOs autores apresentam o caso clínico de uma doente de 79 anos, internada para estudo de uma vasculite, cuja investigação etiológica nos levou a ponderar a associação com hepatite B crónica. A vasculite leucocitoclás-tica pode ter variadas etiologias. A associação com hepatite vírica é mais frequente com a hepatite C, havendo no entanto alguns casos relatados sobre a associação à hepatite B. A etiologia vírica tem de ser sempre considerada nestas situações, pois a resolução do quadro pode passar pelo tratamento da patologia de base.Palavras chave: Vasculitis leucocitoclàstica. Hepatitis B crònica. Crioglobulinas.
AbstractThe authors present a case report of a 79 year old patient who was admitted for the study of vasculitis, whose etiological investigation led us to consider the association with chronic hepatitis B infection. Leucocytoclastic vasculitis may have varied etiologies. The association with viral hepatitis is more common with hepatitis C, but there are some cases reported about the association with hepatitis B. The viral etiology must always be considered in such situations because the case resolution can implicate the treatment of the underlying disease.
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