Primary biliary cirrhosis in an elderly man with normal liver tests.
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease that usually presents in middle-aged women. Women are about ten times more commonly affected than men. The case of a 78-year-old man with PBC who presented with pruritus is discussed. Liver biopsy and antimitochondrial antibody serology were diagnostic of early-stage PBC.
Dash
Aruna
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA.
Kragel
Peter
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology*