Hepatitis C virus infection: ‘Beyond the liver’

• Authors: Arrais de Castro R, Borges-Costa J, Tato Marinho R, Vilas P
• Publication Year: 2018
• Journal: BMJ Case Reports
• Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30049677

There are rare reports of association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and dermatomyositis although cause and effect remains to be proven. We present a clinical case with a probable cause and effect association between these two entities. A 71-year-old woman developed an erythematous exanthem with pruritic and scaly lesions located at the torso and […]
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