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1. Urticaria and periorbital edema as prodromal presenting signs of acute hepatitis B infection.

Author

van Aalsburg R, de Pagter AP, and van Genderen PJ

Subjects
Adult, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hepatitis B blood, Hepatitis B virus genetics, Hepatitis B virus isolation & purification, Humans, Liver Function Tests, Male, Netherlands, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Travel, Edema virology, Hepatitis B complications, Orbital Diseases virology, Urticaria virology
Abstract

A 34-year-old patient presented with giant, transient urticarial skin lesions and periorbital edema after a 3-month stay in DR Congo. Retrospective analysis of stored samples revealed that these signs were prodromal manifestations of acute hepatitis B infection. The hepatitis B infection was spontaneously cleared; the skin lesion did not recur., (© 2011 International Society of Travel Medicine.)

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2011
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