Lymphocytic bronchitis/bronchiolitis in a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis.
A 39 year old woman with severe primary biliary cirrhosis progressively developed exercise dyspnoea due to airflow obstruction. Sjögren's syndrome was not present. Bronchial and pulmonary biopsies demonstrated constrictive lymphocytic bronchitis/bronchiolitis, possibly a component of a generalized autoimmune process in this patient.
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Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Lyon, France.
Streichenberger
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Boillot
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Gille
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Loire
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Cordier
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D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology*