Chronic Active Hepatitis with Lupus Nephritis

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Abstract
The wire loop renal lesion of systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE] in one patient with the clinical features of post necrotic cirrhosis and a "lupoid hepatitis syndrome", and in another patient with the clinical features of xantho-matous biliary cirrhosis, were of interest because the death of both patients was caused by their renal lesion. Both patients had pathological features of chronic active hepatitis, as well as renal lesions characteristic of SLE. Patients with SLE apparently do not die of liver disease and have only minimal changes in their liver caused by the SLE. Numerous patients with chronic active hepatitis have developed a non-specific nephritis. These 2 cases with longstanding, active hepatitis presented completely different clinical courses during their illnesses, but both terminated with chronic active hepatitis and lupus nephritis. This sequence of events proves that patients with active chronic hepatitis and nephritis can have a progression of their nephritis to such an extent that death due to renal failure ensues. The presence of active nephritis in a patient with chronic active hepatitis is further indication for immunosuppressive therapy and should provide a model for the further study of "autoimmunity".

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