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A Patient of Lupus Presenting with Myocarditis and Overlapping Autoimmune Hepatitis
Author(s) -
Partha Chattopadhyay,
Debargha Dhua,
Cyriac Abby Philips,
J. B. Ghosh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6889
pISSN - 2090-6897
DOI - 10.1155/2011/402483
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , autoimmune hepatitis , systemic lupus erythematosus , presentation (obstetrics) , hepatitis , immunology , dermatology , lupus erythematosus , pathology , disease , antibody , surgery
Systemic lupus erythematosus has myriad presentations. Symptomatic myocarditis and/or symptomatic autoimmune hepatitis associated with lupus are rare at presentation. Here we report a young Asian girl, who presented to us with features of symptomatic myocarditis and overlapping autoimmune hepatitis. She was eventually diagnosed to be harboring systemic lupus erythematosus, in whom rigorous management led to gratuitous recovery.

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