Cholongitas E, Mavrogiannaki A, Papaioannou C, Karagiannis S, Papatheodoridis GV

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Dear Sir,

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic liver disease, which may be associated with other autoimmune diseases. Pericardial effusion and detectable antiphospholipid antibodies without clinical evidence of antiphospholipid syndrome have been described in only one patient with PBC. We report a case of PBC who developed pericarditis and possibly antiphospholipid syndrome.

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