[Central nervous system involvement in hepatitis C virus infection].
Few well-documented cases of central nervous system involvement in patients with hepatitis C virus infection have been reported. We describe three patients (two men and one woman) with cerebral involvement (ischemia and/or hemorrhage). Hepatitis C virus infection was confirmed in all patients by polymerase chain reaction detection of hepatitis C virus RNA. These three cases document the occurrence of central nervous system involvement in patients with hepatitis C virus infection and mixed cryoglobulinemia. Cerebral involvement may be the initial manifestation of hepatitis C virus infection.
Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Atteinte neurologique centrale et infection par le virus de l'hépatite C.