Peculiar papular skin lesions occurring in hepatitis B carriers

Viral diseases

“…915 The histology can show a characteristic mixture of three tissue reactions: spongiotic, lichenoid, and lymphocytic vasculitis. 917 Histopathological study showed a superficial and deep perivascular mononuclear infiltrate in the dermis. 916 Red cell extravasation and papillary dermal edema are other features.…”

A Case of Sweet's Syndrome in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis Caused by Chronic Hepatitis B

“…HBV is well known to cause several types of skin manifestations such as vasculitis, urticaria, and polyarteritis nodosa. 15,16 But, the pathogenesis of SS-related hepatitis B is unclear. We report a case of SS in a patient with liver cirrhosis caused by chronic hepatitis B that was suspected to be triggered by his physical condition including generalized edema and deteriorated immunity by hepatic decompensation.…”

Dermatological manifestations in hepatitis B surface antigen carriers in east region of Turkey

“…1 So far, mainly immune complex reaction based dermatological disorders have been studied in patients with HBV infection. 3 These disorders include serum sickness-like prodrome, 4 some recurrent papular eruptions, 5 Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, erythema nodosum, 6 lichen planus, 7,8 leucocytoclastic vascu-litis, 9 polyarteritis nodosa, 10 mixed cryoglobulinaemia, 11 dermatomyositis-like syndrome 12 and pyoderma gangrenosum. 13 In this study to search for any relationship between hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positivity and ordinary dermatological disorders, we investigated dermatological manifestations in HBsAg carriers.…”

“…So far, mainly immune complex reaction based dermatological disorders have been studied in patients with HBV infection 3 . These disorders include serum sickness‐like prodrome, 4 some recurrent papular eruptions, 5 Gianotti–Crosti syndrome, erythema nodosum, 6 lichen planus, 7,8 leucocytoclastic vasculitis, 9 polyarteritis nodosa, 10 mixed cryoglobulinaemia, 11 dermatomyositis‐like syndrome 12 and pyoderma gangrenosum 13…”