Taisei Iwasa, Takao Miwa, Shinji Unome, Tatsunori Hanai, Kenji Imai, Koji Takai, Yuki Miwa, Tomohiro Hori, Hidenori Ohnishi, Munekazu Matsumoto, Ayumi Niwa, Tatsuhiko Miyazaki, Masahito Shimizu
AIM: A20 haploinsufficiency (HA20) is a recently described autoinflammatory disease that manifests symptoms similar to those of Bechet's disease. However, little is known about the involvement of the liver in HA20. Herein, we report a case of HA20 complicated by autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). CASE PRESENTATION: A 33-year-old woman was previously diagnosed with HA20 and chronic thyroiditis and was treated with prednisolone (PSL) (7.5 mg/day) and levothyroxine sodium hydrate (125 µg/day)...
December 21, 2023: Hepatology Research: the Official Journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology