[Primary biliary liver cirrhosis and granulomatous pulmonary infiltrates]

Primary biliary cirrhosis was diagnosed in a 48-year-old woman in the light of clinical and laboratory data, antimitochondrial antibodies and histologic features in liver biopsy. Four years later the patient developed pulmonary infiltration of changing localization. Histologic investigation of transbronchial biopsy revealed granulomas in the bronchial mucosa and peribronchial tissue. There were no further signs of sarcoidosis. The question is discussed whether granulomatous pulmonary infiltrations are an extrahepatic manifestation of primary biliary cirrhosis.