Review Article

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

Table 2

Characteristics of 14 systemic lupus erythematosus patients with concomitant primary biliary cirrhosis derived from Japanese proceedings.

Case (Year)SexAge at diagnosis of SLE (years)Age at diagnosis of PBC (years)PBC prior to SLERemarks

1 (1984)F33?28+Immune thrombocytopenia and pulmonary hypertension
2 (1987)F4141Sim
3 (1991)F5150+Immune thrombocytopenia
4 (1993)F?46Sjögren’s syndrome
5 (1993)F5151Sim
6 (1996)F3946Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
7 (1999)F4639+RA, Sjögren’s syndrome, and lupus nephritis (death)
8 (2000)F5148+Sjögren’s syndrome
9 (2001)F4551Lupus nephritis
10 (2003)F4847+HUS/TTP, DIC, and pneumonia (death)
11 (2005)F5454Sim
12 (2008)F59<?+Sjögren’s syndrome and pulmonary hypertension
13 (2013)F6464Sim
14 (2013)F6564+Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and lupus nephritis

SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; PBC: primary biliary cirrhosis; F: female; M: male; Sim: simultaneous; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; HUS/TTP: hemolytic uremic syndrome/thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation.