title: Relapsing Henoch-Schönlein purpura in an adult patient associated with hepatitis B virus infection.
abstract: Henoch-Schölein purpura is usually a disease of children presenting with arthralgia, abdominal pain, renal involvement, and palpable purpura. Viral and bacterial infections may have a role in its etiology. We present a 32-year-old male patient with recurrent Henoch-Schölein purpura in association with a chronic hepatitis B infection of ten years duration. The patient had received lamuvidine and interferon-alpha for the treatment of hepatitis B infection for a year. The skin lesions disappeared with the treatment of the hepatitis B infection. Four months after discontinuation of the therapy, the purpuric papules reappeared with reactivation of the hepatitis B infection. Although rarely reported, hepatitis B virus infection should be considered in patients with Henoch-Schölein purpura.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seniz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ergin
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sanli Erdoğan
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evliyaoğlu
authors.forename: Ata Nevzat
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Yalçin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D011695:IgA Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence