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Surgical Clinics of North America, 1990 Cholangitis is an infection of the biliary ductal system that results from the combination of bactibilia and biliary obstruction. Choledocholithiasis has been the leading cause of cholangitis. However, in recent years, especially at tertiary referral centers, nonoperative biliary manipulations, often in patients with unresectable malignancies, have ...
Pamela A, Lipsett, Henry A, Pitt
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Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2007 Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by strictures of the biliary tree complicated by cirrhosis and cholangiocarcinoma. It is immune mediated, although the precise aetiology remains unknown.Research into etiopathogenesis and epidemiology, diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma, associations with inflammatory ...
Maggs, JR, Chapman, R
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Peribiliary glands are key in regeneration of the human biliary epithelium after severe bile duct injury [PDF]
, 2019 Peribiliary glands (PBG) are a source of stem/progenitor cells organized in a cellular network encircling large bile ducts. Severe cholangiopathy with loss of luminal biliary epithelium has been proposed to activate PBG, resulting in cell proliferation ...
Carpino, Guido +15 more
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The incidence of portal vein thrombosis at liver transplantation [PDF]
, 1992 The incidence of portal vein thrombosis was examined in 885 patients who received orthotopic liver transplantations for various end‐stage liver diseases between 1989 and 1990. The thrombosis was classified into four grades.
Iwatsuki, S +3 more
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Gut, 1997 Autoimmune cholangitis is the term that has been used to describe patients who have the clinical, biochemical, and histologic characteristics of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), but who are antinuclear antibody positive rather than anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) positive in their sera.
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Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical MessageThe incidence of hepatolithiasis is variable. Globalization has additionally altered disease dynamics globally. A multi‐disciplinary team approach is deemed necessary for the timely diagnosis, safe, affordable treatment, and good prognosis.
Narendra Pandit, Durga Neupane
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Does ursodeoxycholic acid change the proliferation of the colorectal mucosa? A randomized, placebo-controlled study [PDF]
, 2003 Background: In animal models ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) showed a chemoprotective effect against colon cancer. To explain this, a reduced proliferation of the colorectal mucosal proliferation was suggested.
Diebold, J. +6 more
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Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2003 Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disorder characterized by strictures and dilatations of the biliary tree. The median survival has been reported to be 12 years from diagnosis but patients diagnosed during the last decade have been shown to have longer survival of a median of 18 years.
Björnsson, E, Chapman, R
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Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2014 Objective. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with inoperable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma and establish the incidence of cholangitis development following ERCP.
Serkan İpek +6 more
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Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2010 A 51-year-old Filipino woman was referred to our department for diagnostic and therapeutic work-up of mildly abnormal liver tests.
Maeyaert, S +4 more
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