title: Case report: a rare association of primary biliary cirrhosis and systemic lupus erythematosus and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a rare occurrence of systemic lupus erythematosus in a patient known to have had well-documented primary biliary cirrhosis for 10 years. The presentation was dramatic with pericardial tamponade, but responded well to high dose corticosteroid. There are only five such definite associations reported in the literature. In the present case, other possible causes were considered, such as drug-induced cholestasis, drug-induced lupus, autoimmune chronic active hepatitis and the overlap syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Wollongong Hospital, Illawarra, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Islam
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Riordan
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged