Review Article

Extrahepatic Autoimmune Diseases in Patients with Autoimmune Liver Diseases: A Phenomenon Neglected by Gastroenterologists

Table 2

Liver involvement in CTDs.

Liver involvementAIHPBCPSCReferences

Systemic lupus erythematosus3.0–79.0%2.7–20.0%2.7–15.0%1 case[1, 1929]
Sjogren’s syndrome7.0–49.0%6.0–47.0%35.0–57.0%11 cases[22, 2931]
Systemic sclerosis or scleroderma1.1%11 cases51.2%51.2%[22, 29, 3234]
Antiphospholipid syndrome5 cases1 case1 case[13, 3537]
Dermatomyositis or polymyositis7.1%14.3%[13, 38]

AIH: autoimmune hepatitis; PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis; PSC: primary sclerosing cholangitis.