title: [Alithiasic cholecystitis and viral hepatitis B disclosing periarteritis nodosa].
abstract: The authors report the case of a patient with acute alithiasic cholecystitis associated with viral B hepatitis revealing periarteritis nodosa. Histopathological results showed signs of focal arteritis in the gallbladder and liver. Because of the negativity of the viral DNA in serum and the lack of histopathological necrosis in hepatic specimen, the patient was treated by steroid therapy only with a rapid regression of signs of vasculitis and the disappearance of the hepatitis markers.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Limoges.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sautereau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cessot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gainant
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andrieux
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Letard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Devalois
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Catanzano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Claude
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pillegand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone
vernacular_title: Cholécystite alithiasique et hépatite viral B révélatrices d'une périartérite noueuse.