| Literature DB >> 28892963 |
Indira Bairy1, Anupam Berwal2, Shubha Seshadri3.
Abstract
Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) are important immune mediated liver diseases. They are usually differentiated based on clinical, biochemical, serological and histological parameters. The presence of autoantibodies, clinical and serological findings can sometimes occur in different combinations leading to overlap syndromes, which is rare. Early recognition of such overlap syndromes is clinically significant from treatment point of view. Here, we report a case of AIH-PBC overlap syndrome with a brief review of literature on overlap syndromes.Entities:
Keywords: Antimitochondrial antibodies; Antinuclear antibodies; Immunofluorescence; Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Year: 2017 PMID: 28892963 PMCID: PMC5583830 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/25193.10242
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X