Clinical Features, Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis
The aim: To present the state-of-the-art of clinical features, differential diagnosis and treatment of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis.Key points: IgG4-sclerosing cholangitis is a fibrotic inflammatory disease affecting the intrahepatic and ...
A. K. Guseva, A. V. Okhlobystin
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Sump syndrome of the remnant common bile duct following a living donor liver transplant
Sump syndrome – a collection of digested food, debris, stones, bile, and bacteria in a poorly drained, bile duct reservoir – occurs most commonly after a side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy.
Gordon Robbins+5 more
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Treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumors) with hepatic resection or transplantation [PDF]
Background: Because of the rarity of hilar cholangiocarcinoma, its prognostic risk factors have not been sufficiently analyzed. This retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate various pathologic risk factors which influenced survival after curative ...
Dvorchik, I+7 more
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Cholangiocarcinoma in sclerosing cholangitis. The role of liver transplantation [PDF]
Our experience with patients who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for sclerosing cholangitis at the University of Pittsburgh Health Center between March 1980 and March 1988 is reported here.
Iwatsuki, S+3 more
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Association of extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease in a province of western Hungary with disease phenotype: Results of a 25-year follow-up study [PDF]
AIM: IBD is a systemic disease associated with a large number of extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs). Our aim was to determine the prevalence of EIMs in a large IBD cohort in Veszprem Province in a 25-year follow-up study.
Balogh, Zsuzsanna+6 more
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Characteristic features of ulcerative colitis with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of the colon. The most frequent symptoms include bloody diarrhoea with rectal urgency and tenesmus.
Artur W. Uździcki+1 more
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Contribution of resident stem cells to liver and biliary tree regeneration in human diseases [PDF]
Two distinct stem/progenitor cell populations of biliary origin have been identified in the adult liver and biliary tree. Hepatic Stem/progenitor Cells (HpSCs) are bipotent progenitor cells located within the canals of Hering and can be differentiated ...
Alvaro, Domenico+7 more
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Introduction: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, idiopathic disease characterized by persistent and progressive inflammation of the intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic bile ducts. This leads to fibrosis, cholestatic complications, and liver
Anna Olszewska+9 more
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The changing faces of cholangitis [version 1; referees: 2 approved]
A variety of diseases are included under the umbrella term ‘cholangitis’, including hepatobiliary diseases with an autoimmune pathogenesis (such as primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis, and IgG4-associated sclerosing cholangitis ...
Sum P. Lee+2 more
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Efficacy of hepatic transplantation in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis [PDF]
Controlled trials to assess the therapeutic benefit of orthotopic hepatic transplantation (OHTx) for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) cannot be justified in view of improvement of patient survival after this operation since 1981.
Abu-Elmagd, KM+9 more
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