Polyarteritis nodosa og hepatitis B-infektion behandlet med lamivudin.

Translated title of the contribution: [Polyarteritis nodosa and hepatitis B infection treated with lamivudine]

Tine Münster, Nina Margrethe Weis, Kim Krogsgaard

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Abstract

A 36-year-old man was diagnosed with polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). He presented with weight loss, hypertension, and mono-neuritis. Pneumoperitoneum and septicaemia developed and laparotomy revealed necrosis of a segment of the ileum. The patient was HBsAg/HBeAg and HBV DNA positive. Liver biopsy showed active cirrhosis. The PAN symptoms remitted upon treatment with prednisolone and lamivudine. Seroconversion from HBeAg to anti-HBe occurred six months later. One year after the end of treatment, the patient was still HBeAg and HBV DNA negative, with normal liver enzymes and no symptoms of PAN.
Translated title of the contribution[Polyarteritis nodosa and hepatitis B infection treated with lamivudine]
Original languageDanish
JournalUgeskrift for Laeger
Volume164
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)342-343
Number of pages2
ISSN0041-5782
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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