Iannone Florenzo, Falappone Paola, Pannarale Giovanni, Gentile Antonietta, Grattagliano Vito, Covelli Michele, Lapadula Giovanni
Department of Rheumatology, University of Bari, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Policlinico, Bari, Italy.
J Rheumatol. 2003 Dec;30(12):2710-2.
We describe a patient with microscopic polyangiitis and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who presented with a non-erosive polyarthritis followed by pulmonary and renal involvement and signs of liver disorder. Detection of pANCA and antimitochondrial antibodies with results of renal and liver biopsies allowed a diagnosis of microscopic polyangiitis and PBC. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an association between the 2 diseases.