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ArticleIl Giornale di chirurgia

Primary sclerosing cholangitis in patient with celiac disease complicated by cholecystic empyema and acute pancreatitis.

P Piccolboni, E Ragone, A Inzirillo, R Utili

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Article in Il Giornale di chirurgia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

P Piccolboni
E Ragone
A Inzirillo
R Utili

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe association of celiac disease and sclerosing cholangitis is a well known, although unusual, pathologic feature of autoimmunity.

methodsA 64 year old patient presenting with sub-acute cholangitis and pancreatitis, treated with cholecystectomy and endoscopic sphincterotomy. The post-operative course, complicated by cholestatic jaundice, and subsequent clinical complications are described, showing how the diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis was outlined after the Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP) and confirmed by liver biopsy. Long term treatment with Ursodeoxycholic acid has gradually normalized bilirubin values, while cholestasis enzymes are gradually decreasing. After 18 months bleeding from oesophageal varices ensued, which was controlled through endoscopic ligation.

conclusionsThe diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis should be taken into account when cholangitis is associated with other immunity derangements and segmentary dilatations of the intra-hepatic bile ducts, but no dilatation of the main bile duct is noticed at imaging or endoscopy. Recovery of hepatic function should be always attempted before bringing the patient to surgery, in order to avoid postoperative hepatic decompensation.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseBiopsyCeliac DiseaseCholagogues and CholereticsCholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic RetrogradeCholangitis, SclerosingCholecystectomyCholecystitisEsophageal and Gastric VaricesFollow-Up StudiesGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansJaundice, ObstructiveLigationMaleMiddle AgedCholagogues and CholereticsUrsodeoxycholic Acid

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PMID24629813
PMCPMC3926481
OpenAlexW106194010

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