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Microscopic polyangiitis associated with primary biliary cirrhosis, Sjogren's syndrome and Hashimoto's thyroiditis
I Ben Ghorbel1, Nabil Belfeki, T Ben Salem
1Department of Internal Medicine, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Abstract:
The association between microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) has seldom been reported. We describe here a patient who presented with sensorimotor neuropathy along with hypothyroidism, renal failure and liver dysfunction. Detection of antinuclear antibodies at a titer of 1/800, anti-SSA, anti-SSB, anti-GP210, anti-microsomial and p-ANCA anti-myeloperoxydase antibodies along with renal, salivary and liver biopsy led to a diagnosis of MPA associated with PBC, Sjogren's syndrome and Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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