Overlap of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis - A rare coincidence or a new syndrome

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 143-146

  Jeevagan, Arun ^a  

^a IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatic overlap syndrome; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETHARGY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NAUSEA; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRURITUS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TACHYCARDIA; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80052392400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s11201     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Broome U, Olsson R, Loof L, et al. Natural history and prognostic factors in 305 Swedish patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Gut. 1996;38(4):610-615.
2. Poupon R. Autoimmune overlapping syndromes. Clinical Liver Dis. 2003;7(4):865-878.
3. Kaya M, Angulo P, Lindor KD. Overlap of autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: an evaluation of a modified scoring system. J Hepatology. 2000;33(4):537-542.
4. Ataseven H, Parlak E, Yuksel I, et al. Primary sclerosing cholangitis in Turkish patients: characteristic features and prognosis. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2009;8(3):312-315.
5. Lohse AW, Zum Buschenfelde KH, Franz B, Kanzler S, Gerken G, Dienes HP. Characterization of the overlap syndrome of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis: evidence for it being a hepatitic form of PBC in genetically susceptible individuals. Hepatology. 1999;29(4):1078-1084.
6. Papamichalis PA, Zachou K, Koukoulis GK, et al. The revised international autoimmune hepatitis score in chronic liver disease including autoimmune hepatitis/overlap syndromes. J Autoimmune Dis. 2007;4:3.
7. Kinoshita H, et al. Autoimmune cholangitis and primary biliary cirrhosis. Liver. 1999;19:122-128.
8. Stiehl A. Ursodeoxycholic acid therapy in treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1994;204:59-61.