Endoscopic management of primary sclerosing cholangiti
Ryan Law D.O. and Todd H. Baron M.D., Clinical Liver Disease: Special Issue: Autoimmune Liver Disease, Part 4, Volume 3, Issue 4, pages 79–82, April 2014
Abstract
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive, chronic fibroinflammatory disorder involving the intra- and extrahepatic biliary tree that can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure in a subset of patients. Additionally, progression of PSC can lead to life-threatening episodes of ascending cholangitis and the development of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Herein we describe the endoscopic evaluation and therapeutic management of PSC and CCA . . . Please click here to read the full article
Ryan Law D.O. and Todd H. Baron M.D., Clinical Liver Disease: Special Issue: Autoimmune Liver Disease, Part 4, Volume 3, Issue 4, pages 79–82, April 2014
Abstract
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive, chronic fibroinflammatory disorder involving the intra- and extrahepatic biliary tree that can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure in a subset of patients. Additionally, progression of PSC can lead to life-threatening episodes of ascending cholangitis and the development of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Herein we describe the endoscopic evaluation and therapeutic management of PSC and CCA . . . Please click here to read the full article
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