Poster Session : PS 0662 ; Rheumatology ; Hepatic Sarcoidosis in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Sarcoidosis is a systemic infi ammatory granulomatous disease which affects multiple organs including liver, spleen, heart, eyes and skin. Liver involvement can be found in 11.5% of the cases and there have been many studies reporting the association between hepatitis C virus infection and sarcoidosis. However, the role of hepatitis B virus infection as a trigger for sarcoidosis has never been reported before. We describe a case of hepatic sarcoidosis in a patient with chronic hepatitis B infection with possible link between them. It is the fi rst case reporting a patient with INF-a-naive chronic HBV infection presenting hepatic sarcoidosis accompanied by portal hypertension and liver cirrhosis.