A case of primary biliary cirrhosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Case Reports

Norifumi Bekki³  Sung Kwan Bae³  Seiji Yoshizawa⁴  Ayaka Shiota³  Toshifumi Gushima³  Junichi Motoshita⁵  Shinji Shimoda¹  Yoshihiro Aiba²  Atsumasa Komori²  Minoru Nakamura² 

[1] Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan;Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization (NHO) Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan;The center for liver disease, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan;Department of Rheumatology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan;Department of Pathology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

关键词: Genome‐wide association studies;    primary biliary cirrhosis;    rheumatoid arthritis;    ursodeoxycholic acid;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ccr3.449

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Key Clinical Message

The true prevalence of PBC in RA is not well known. Herein, we report an unusual case of a patient with PBC and RA, and discuss the association between these two diseases. PBC should be ruled out in the differential diagnosis of patients with RA having abnormal liver function tests.

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