Akut HAV ve HBV olgularından alınan deri biyopsisi örneklerinde histopatolojik bulgular

Abstract

Punch skin biopsy is performed from 35 patients who are hospitalized with the diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis (AVH) at clinical examination and to 13 control groups. Thirteen of the 35 patients (37.4%) are diagnosed as Hepatitis A (HAV) infection, and 22 (62.6%) of them are diagnosed as Hepatitis B (HBV) infection. The histopathological examination of the skin biopsy specimens under light microscope leukocytoclastic vasculitis is found only in one case in the group of HBV infection.