PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Florenzo Iannone
AU  - Paola Falappone
AU  - Giovanni Pannarale
AU  - Antonietta Gentile
AU  - Vito Grattagliano
AU  - Michele Covelli
AU  - Giovanni Lapadula
TI  - Microscopic polyangiitis associated with primary biliary cirrhosis.
DP  - 2003 Dec 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2710--2712
VI  - 30
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/30/12/2710.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/30/12/2710.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2003 Dec 01; 30
AB  - We describe a patient with microscopic polyangiitis and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who presented with a non-erosive polyarthritis followed by pulmonary and renal involvement and signs of liver disorder. Detection of pANCA and antimitochondrial antibodies with results of renal and liver biopsies allowed a diagnosis of microscopic polyangiitis and PBC. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an association between the 2 diseases.