Sjogren's Syndrome Developing During Hepatitis C Therapy

Yalci A., Aydin G., Bayindir Z., KÜÇÜKŞAHİN O., BİRENGEL M. S., BALIK İ.

KLIMIK JOURNAL, sa.2, ss.89-91, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/kd.2015.17
  • Dergi Adı: KLIMIK JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.89-91
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Hepatitis C, peginterferon, Sjogren's syndrome
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chronic hepatitis C is a progressive liver disease, characterized by many extrahepatic manifestations. The relationship between Sjogren's syndrome and hepatitis C virus infection was revealed first in 1992 by Haddad et al. Viral infections have long been seen as a potential cause and many viruses like the herpesviruses, and retroviruses have been blamed in the etiology of Sjogren's syndrome. Experimental models in mice have also shown the direct relationship between certain viruses and Sjogren's syndrome. Also the clinical and histological findings of primary Sjogren's syndrome were observed in some patients with chronic hepatitis C in several studies. We report a case of Sjogren's syndrome caused by hepatitis C treatment.