A case of usual interstitial pneumonia associated with primary biliary cirrhosis and psoriasis vulgaris
Yuko Asatoa,* Toshiro Tanabeb,f Mizuki Kuramochib Noriko Satoc Tetsuya Shimadad Yoshinori Kawabatae
aDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital
bDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital
cDepartment of Dermatology, National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital
dClinical Laboratory Department, National Hospital Organization Saitama National Hospital
eDivision of Diagnostic of Pathology, Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center
fDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Yamashiro Public Hospital
*Present address: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital
We experienced a case of usual interstitial pneumonia associated with primary biliary cirrhosis and psoriasis vulgaris. The subject was a 66-year-old female who had suffered from dry cough. Her chest X-ray examination revealed diffuse interstitial shadows on both lung fields. Usual interstitial pneumonia was diagnosed after video-associated thoracic surgery. Psoriasis has occurred since her 40s and has been diagnosed clinically without histological examination. The diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis was established by elevated biliary enzymes, the positivity of anti-M2 antibody, and histological examination of liver obtained by needle biopsy. She had not suffered from Sjogren's syndrome. Because primary biliary cirrhosis and psoriasis vulgaris are both caused by autoimmune mechanisms, they occur simultaneously in rare cases. However, a case in which all three of these diseases coincided has never been reported; thus we report this patient.
Usual interstitial pneumonia Primary biliary cirrhosis Psoriasis vulgaris
Received 1 May 2013 / Accepted 10 Jul 2013
AJRS, 2(6): 822-827, 2013