Duan Weijia, Li Shuxiang, Lyu Tingting, Chen Sha, Feng Lijuan, Wang Xiaoming, Ou Xiaojuan, Jia Jidong
Abstract
Connective tissue disease (CTD) are closely related to liver abnormality. CTD can affect the liver causing various degrees of liver injury, coexist with other liver diseases, especially autoimmune liver disease (ALD). Medications for CTD can also lead to liver injury or reactivate the hepatitis B virus. CTD patients can also be positive for ALD-related autoantibodies without corresponding manifestation; and vis versa. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis should be made on integrating clinical presentation, laboratory, imaging, and histological studies, not solely relying on autoantibody positivity.
Key words:
Connective tissue disease; Autoimmune liver disease; Liver injury
Contributor Information
Duan Weijia
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
Li Shuxiang
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
Lyu Tingting
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
Chen Sha
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
Feng Lijuan
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
Wang Xiaoming
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
Ou Xiaojuan
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China
Jia Jidong
Liver Research Center, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Liver Cirrhosis &
National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing 100050, China