Review Article

Clinical Characteristics of Concomitant Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A Literature Review

Table 1

Characteristics of 20 systemic lupus erythematosus patients with concomitant primary biliary cirrhosis derived from the literature in English and Japanese.

CaseSexAge at diagnosis of SLE (years)Age at diagnosis of PBC (years)PBC prior to SLERemarksReferences

1F3933+[17]
2F5853+[18]
3M5350+[18]
4F39?35+Sudden death (etiology?)[18]
5F2529Lupus nephritis (renal failure)[19]
6F6053+Liver failure[20]
7F6564?+[21]
8F41?37+[22]
9F5472Liver failure[23]
10F5747+[24]
11F2129[25]
12F6970[26]
13F63 or 6462+RA and Sjögren’s syndrome[27]
14 F4141SimImmune thrombocytopenia[28]
15 F34 or 3531+Lupus nephritis[29]
16 F4840+Sjögren’s syndrome[30]
17 F2744Familial PBC case[31]
18 F46?65Sjögren’s syndrome[32]
19 F5552?+Sjögren’s syndrome[32]
20 F8180+Hepatocellular carcinoma[9]

SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis; F: female; M: male; Sim: simultaneous; RA: rheumatoid arthritis.