What would you your approach to evaluation and monitoring of a patient with elevated AMA and increased immunoglobulins with a low alkaline phosphatase?
What kind of monitoring for and risk of PBC would this carry?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The diagnosis of PBC requires 2 of the 3 following elements:
Positive AMA,
Elevated ALP, and
Biopsy consistent with PBC.
It is quite possible this person will develop an elevated ALP in time. I would follow liver enzymes yearly, but would not diagnose PBC until the ALP increases. I would sta...