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    Hepatology. 1992 Dec;16(6):1357-61.

    Pulmonary hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis in primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Bissuel F, Bizollon T, Dijoud F, Bouletreau P, Cordier JF, Chazot C, Gouillat C, Trepo C.

    Services d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpital de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Lyon, France.

    We observed life-threatening intrapulmonary hemorrhages and focal proliferative glomerulonephritis in a 41-yr-old woman with primary biliary cirrhosis. The severity of the symptoms necessitated blood transfusions and mechanical ventilation; the patient improved with the help of corticosteroid therapy. No formal evidence of either Goodpasture's syndrome or any other well-defined systemic vasculitis could be found. Neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies were initially positive and became undetectable after 3 mo of immunosuppressive treatment without relapse. This association has not been described previously and may be added to the list of extrahepatic immune-mediated conditions associated with primary biliary cirrhosis.

    PMID: 1446892 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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