Rheumatoid Arthritis in a case of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - An unusual Association
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disease that tends to progress to fibrosis and cirrhosis with hepatic failure. Primary biliary cirrhosis is often associated with other non- hepatic autoimmune diseases. A rare association with rheumatoid arthritis is found to coexist in 3-5% of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. B cells seem to play a major role in the pathogenesis of both rheumatoid arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis. We describe the case of a 46 year old man with severe erosive rheumatoid arthritis and primary biliary cirrhosis treated with rituximab. He was treated with rituximab.
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Subrata Chakrabarti, Koushik Pan
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