Author/Editor     Remškar, Zlata; Mlinarič, Vladimir; Lešničar, Gorazd
Title     Sarkoidoza ob zdravljenju kroničnega hepatitisa C z interferonom alfa - prikaz primera
Translated title     Sarcoidosis in a patient with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon alpha - case report
Type     članek
Source     Zdrav Vestn
Vol. and No.     Letnik 68, št. 11
Publication year     1999
Volume     str. 643-5
Language     slo
Abstract     Background. 45 year old patient is presented in whom after treatment of chronic hepatitis C with interferon a sarcoidosis occured with involvement of many organs including skin, lung and liver Inflammatory activity of sarcoidosis started to diminish only after treatment with interferon a had been stopped. Conclusions. In patients treated for chronic hepatitis C with interferon a we must consider sarcoidosis as a possible, although very rarely described side, effect of treatment.
Summary     Izhodišča. Opisan je 45-letni bolnik, pri katerem smo opazovali ob zdravljenju kroničnega hepatitisa Cz interferonom a pojav sarkoidoze s prizadetostjo kože, endotorakalnih organov in jeter. Vnetna aktivnost sarkoidoze se je pričela prepričljivo umirjati šele po ukinitvi zdravljenja z interferonom a. Zaključki. Ob zdravljenju kroničnega hepatitisa C z interferonom a je treba računati z možnostjo pojava sarkoidoze, ki je do sedaj zelo redko opisan zaplet tega zdravljenja.
Descriptors     SLOVENIA
HEPATITIS C
SARCOIDOSIS
INTERFERON-ALPHA
RADIOGRAPHY
SKIN MANIFESTATIONS
SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY