TT virus hepatitis with extrahepatic and hepatic manifestations - case report

TT virus hepatitis with extrahepatic and hepatic manifestations - case report

Background TT virus (TTV) hepatitis is an infectious disease which can have both hepatic and extrahepatic manifestations, and it is transmitted prevalently parenterally, and rarely by enteral way. The prevalence of TTV in donors in the USA is 1%, from 1.9-10% in Great Britain, in Japan 12%, in Thailand 7-30%, in Russia 10-20%, and in Brazil 62%. In patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis, the TTV w...

Extrahepatic manifestations in hepatitis C virus infection

Hepatitis C virus predominantly affects the liver, although it may also produce a number of extrahepatic manifestations, such as mixed cryoglobulinemia, salivary and lacrimal gland dysfunction, and several types of kidney disease. The pathogenesis of these conditions is not completely understood, but immunologic mechanisms are involved in many cases. In some patients with hepatitis C virus infe...

The extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis B virus.

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) leads to a number of hepatic complications, from acute to chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, is a well-established fact. Upcoming clinical research, over the years, associates numerous extrahepatic manifestations during the acute and chronic episodes of hepatitis B with significant morbidity and mortality. A causal relationship between HBV and ser...

Extrahepatic manifestations associated with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection.

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been associated with both organ-specific and systemic autoimmune diseases, with cryoglobulinemia being the most frequent associated disease. Experimental, virologic, and clinical evidence have demon-strated a close association between HCV infection and some systemic autoimmune diseases, especially Sjögren's syndrome, but also rheumatoid arthritis an...

Extrahepatic manifestations of viral hepatitis