Dermatológia pre prax 4/2017

Skin manifestation of HCV infection

Hepatitis C virus affects millions of people worldwide. Skin is one of the most affected organ. New interferon free treatment is possibility to reduce skin adverse events. We review the most common dermatologic skin manifestation like lichen planus, porphyria cutaneatarda, mixed cryoglobulinemia. Newerless we would like to emphasize association between HCV infection and others immunologicallymediated dermatosis and pruritus.

Keywords: hepatitis C virus, skin adverse events, HCV infection