Effect of treating chronic hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals on extrahepatic cutaneous manifestations

World Journal of Hepatology
Mohamed El KassasEman M Salah

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a disease with a significant global impact, affecting approximately 2%-2.5% of the world's population. New direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have been introduced over the past few years with great success in viral eradication. The association of chronic HCV infection with a wide spectrum of cutaneous manifestations has been widely reported in the literature. To assess the effect of treating HCV with DAAs on the extrahepatic cutaneous manifestations of HCV. This prospective observational study included 1039 HCV positive Egyptian patients who were eligible to receive DAAs. A total of 30 patients were diagnosed with extrahepatic cutaneous manifestations and fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study. Of these patients, 6 had classic lichen planus, 8 were diagnosed with psoriasis vulgaris and 16 had pruritus. All patients received DAAs from October 2018 to July 2019 in the form of a three-month course of sofosbuvir/daclatasvir combination. Patients with lichen planus or psoriasis were dermoscopically evaluated before treatment and 6 mo after treatment, while patients with hepatic pruritus were assessed using the 12-Item Pruritus Severity Scale over the same period. All patients with psoriasis showed sign...Continue Reading

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