title: [Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver and primary biliary cirrhosis. A fortuitous association?].
abstract: We report here in a case of primary biliary cirrhosis associated with nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver in a white woman revealed by digestive hemorrhage due to ruptured esophageal varices. The diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis was based on the following: elevated serum IgM, high titer of antimitochondrial antibody (anti M2), typical histopathological picture of stage I/II disease. The diagnosis of nodular regenerative hyperplasia was supported by the demonstration of disseminated small hepatic nodules without perinodular fibrosis. This association may be a supplementary argument in favor of a possible autoimmune origin of nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Hyperplasie nodulaire régénérative du foie et cirrhose biliaire primitive. Une association fortuite?