Liver involvement in pediatric rheumatic diseases

Fei SUN; Huawei MAO

doi:10.12449/JCH250505

Volume 41 Issue 5

May 2025

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Liver involvement in pediatric rheumatic diseases

DOI: 10.12449/JCH250505

Fei SUN,
Huawei MAO^{,
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Department of Immunology，Beijing Children’s Hospital，Capital Medical University，National Center for Children’s Health，Beijing 100045，China

Research funding:

National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFC2702005);

Beijing Hospitals Authority Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding (ZLRK202527);

Beijing Hospitals Authority’s Ascent Plan (DFL20221001)

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Corresponding author: MAO Huawei， maohwei@qq.com （ORCID： 0000-0001-8807-9267）
Received Date: 2025-03-10
Accepted Date: 2025-04-07
Published Date: 2025-05-25

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Abstract

Pediatric rheumatic diseases are a group of complex chronic inflammatory disorders， mainly including juvenile idiopathic arthritis， diffuse connective tissue diseases， systemic vasculitis， and autoinflammatory diseases. Liver involvement is quite common in pediatric rheumatic diseases. In most cases， pediatric rheumatic diseases with liver involvement manifest as varying degrees of abnormal liver enzymes or hepatomegaly and may not have significant liver parenchyma lesions， and such diseases rarely progress to liver decompensation. Only a few children with rheumatic diseases may develop severe liver lesions. Liver involvement in children with rheumatic diseases may be caused by the primary disease itself or concurrent autoimmune liver diseases， but secondary factors are more common， including drug-induced liver damage caused by drugs used to treat rheumatic diseases， viral hepatitis， and fatty liver disease. This article summarizes liver involvement in pediatric rheumatic diseases， in order to provide a reference for the etiological analysis， diagnosis， and treatment strategies of liver involvement in pediatric rheumatic diseases.
- Rheumatic Diseases,
- Liver Involvement,
- Child

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