The Enlargement of Abdominal Lymph Nodes Is a Characteristic of Autoimmune Liver Disease

Table 5

Frequency of lymphadenopathy detected in various organs in patients with AILD, CTD, and viral hepatitis.

Disease	Pancreatic	Hepatic	Para-aorta	Hepatogastric	Mesentery
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
AILD ()	33 (37.9)	29 (33.3)	28 (32.2)	15 (17.2)	2 (2.3)
AIH ()	15 (53.6)	14 (50)	7 (25)	3 (10.7)	0 (0)
PBC ()	4 (16)	9 (36)	12 (48)	7 (28)	2 (8)
AIH-PBC ()	14 (41.2)	6 (17.6)	9 (26.5)	5 (14.7)	0 (0)
CTD ()	2 (5)	7 (17.5)	34 (85)	4 (10)	19 (47.5)
Viral hepatitis ()	4 (11.8)	10 (29.4)	25 (73.5)	14 (41.2)	17 (50)

was considered statistically significant. AILD: autoimmune liver disease; AIH: autoimmune hepatitis; PBC: primary biliary cholangitis; AIH-PBC: overlap syndrome; CTD: connective tissue diseases.