title: Vasculitis as a Presenting Manifestation of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Case Report.
abstract: Hepatitis B virus is responsible for causing hepatic complications like acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma along with some uncommon immune mediated extrahepatic manifestations. Vasculitis remains an uncommon extrahepatic complication of hepatitis B virus infection. Herein we report a case of hepatitis B infection that presented with leucocytoclastic vasculitis as an initial manifestation and managed successfully with entacavir therapy.
authors.affiliation: Senior Professor, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Harpreet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Vikram Singh
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Tanwar
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Gagandeep
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sukhija
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Parminder
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Nikhil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Govil
keywords: Entacavir; Extrahepatic manifestations; Leucocytoclastic vasculitis