Afro-Egypt J Infect Endem Dis 2012 March ;2(1):36-53

 

Extrahepatic Manifestations of Hepatitis C Virus:
An Extending List

 

Soliman AM , El hawari SA, Refaey MM, Ahmed NH, Emara MH

 

Tropical Medicine Department , Faculty of Medicine , Zagazig University, Egypt
nabila.hassan25@yahoo.com

 

                              

 

ABSTRACT

Hepatitis C virus is a hepato-lymphotropic virus that was also detected in various organs of the body. Furthermore, this form of infection may be presented for the first time by an extrahepatic manifestation. Different extrahepatic manifestations for hepatitis C was described; these extend from strong associations as in mixed cryoglobulinemia to others were anecdotal finding as vitiligo was reported. The list of extrahepatic manifestations of hepatitis C is extending. In this review we tried to shade the light on this expanding list.