title: Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with recurrent angiodysplastic lesions in the gastrointestinal tract, the lupus anticoagulant and eosinophilic colitis.
abstract: A patient is described with stable primary biliary cirrhosis and recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding due to angiodysplasias in the gastrointestinal tract. This is a very rare disease association. In addition this patient showed two other disease associations, not known in the literature. She also suffered from eosinophilic colitis and had the lupus anticoagulant. These associations have not yet been described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Loffeld
mesh_terms: D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D003092:Colitis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor