Bairy Indira, Berwal Anupam, Seshadri Shubha
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
J Clin Diagn Res. 2017 Jul;11(7):OD07-OD09. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/25193.10242. Epub 2017 Jul 1.
Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) are important immune mediated liver diseases. They are usually differentiated based on clinical, biochemical, serological and histological parameters. The presence of autoantibodies, clinical and serological findings can sometimes occur in different combinations leading to overlap syndromes, which is rare. Early recognition of such overlap syndromes is clinically significant from treatment point of view. Here, we report a case of AIH-PBC overlap syndrome with a brief review of literature on overlap syndromes.
自身免疫性肝炎(AIH)和原发性胆汁性肝硬化(PBC)是重要的免疫介导性肝病。它们通常根据临床、生化、血清学和组织学参数进行区分。自身抗体的存在、临床和血清学表现有时会以不同组合出现,导致重叠综合征,这种情况较为罕见。从治疗角度来看,早期识别这种重叠综合征具有临床意义。在此,我们报告一例AIH-PBC重叠综合征病例,并简要回顾关于重叠综合征的文献。