IgA Vasculitis With Underlying Liver Cirrhosis: A French Nationwide Case Series of 20 Patients.

Inès ElhaniEvangéline PilleboutBenjamin TerrierAntoine HankardFrançois VrtovsnikNoémie Jourde-ChicheSophie GreillierMatthieu GrohNabil BelfekiAdrien BigotHubert de BoyssonGeorges-Philippe PageauxLoïc RaffrayGeoffrey UrbanskiIsabelle OllivierFrancois MaillotAchille AoubaAlexandra Audemard-Vergernull null

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2020)

We report the first case series of IgAV patients with underlining cirrhosis, to our knowledge, which was mainly alcohol related. The liver disease did not seem to affect baseline vasculitis characteristics. Physicians should investigate the existence of liver cirrhosis at IgAV diagnosis, especially in the context of alcohol abuse.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
primary care
healthcare
peritoneal dialysis
alcohol consumption
cross sectional
drug induced