[Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver and primary biliary cirrhosis. A fortuitous association?]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1986 Nov;10(11):764-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report here in a case of primary biliary cirrhosis associated with nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver in a white woman revealed by digestive hemorrhage due to ruptured esophageal varices. The diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis was based on the following: elevated serum IgM, high titer of antimitochondrial antibody (anti M2), typical histopathological picture of stage I/II disease. The diagnosis of nodular regenerative hyperplasia was supported by the demonstration of disseminated small hepatic nodules without perinodular fibrosis. This association may be a supplementary argument in favor of a possible autoimmune origin of nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia / complications
  • Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / diagnosis