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Primary biliary cirrhosis and idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis: a rare association
Kwok H Tang1, John B Schofield, Paul R Powell-Jackson
1Department of Medicine, Maidstone Hospitasl, Maidstone, Kent, UK. k.tang@ucl.ac.uk
European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
|August 10, 2002
Abstract:
Primary biliary cirrhosis has rarely been reported to be associated with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis. We describe the case of a 57-year-old man who was confirmed to have both conditions, reflecting the likely autoimmune aetiopathogenesis common to both disorders.