title: Membranous nephropathy associated with primary biliary cirrhosis and acute meningitis.
abstract: A 40-year-old man with acute meningitis, nephrotic syndrome, elevated antinuclear antibody (2560×), and liver dysfunction was referred to our hospital. He was antimitochondrial antibody positive, and renal and liver biopsy findings revealed membranous nephropathy (MN) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), respectively. This extremely rare MN accompanied by PBC was detected while the patient was undergoing treatment for acute meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan. shuzo@fmu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shuzo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruyo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwadate
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazumichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, 960-1295, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohira
keywords: Membranous nephropathy; Meningitis; Primary biliary cirrhosis