Inflammatory myopathy and autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with a flare of systemic lupus erythematosus: An exceptional association

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with a wide clinical expression, andmusculoskeletal manifestations are the most frequent manifestations of the disease. Digestive mani-festations, however, are less prevalent, appearing in only 2%-30% of the patients. Among these cases,the association of SLE with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is considered to be rare, with only a fewcases documented in the medical literature. We present the only reported case to date of a patientdiagnosed with SLE suffering from a flare with a simultaneous hepatic and muscular inflammatoryinvolvement, both evidenced by biopsy.