Pulmonary hemorrhage in association with autoimmune chronic active hepatitis.
Extrahepatic manifestations have been reported in a majority of patients with ACAH. We describe an 11-year-old girl with CAH who developed life-threatening AH and was successfully managed with mechanical ventilation and high-dose steroids. Although a number of pulmonary manifestations have been described in association with AICAH, this article is the first showing its association with AH.
Kagalwalla
A F
AF
Department of Pediatrics, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Taleb
A R
AR
Kagalwalla
Y A
YA
Ali
M M
MM
Yaish
H
H
D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography