PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS - A REVIEW OF ITS CLINICAL-FEATURES, CHOLANGIOGRAPHY, AND HEPATIC HISTOLOGY
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS - A REVIEW OF ITS CLINICAL-FEATURES, CHOLANGIOGRAPHY, AND HEPATIC HISTOLOGY
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DOI:
10.1136/gut.21.10.870
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
24.5
通讯作者:
SHERLOCK, S
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作者:
CHAPMAN, RWG;ARBORGH, BAM;SHERLOCK, S
Twenty-nine patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis were reviewed. Males predominated (2:1). Seventy-six percent presented with cholestasis and cholangitis, 17% with cirrhosis and portal hypertension and 7% were asymptomatic, presenting with a raised serum alkaline phosphatase. The serum IgM concentration was raised in 45% of the patients, but no patient had serum mitochondrial antibody present. Seventy-two percent had ulcerative proctocolitis. There was no relationship between duration or severity of ulcerative proctocolitis and the development of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Four patients were not benefited by colectomy. None of the patients had Crohn''s disease. The prognosis was variable. Corticosteroids and azathioprine were ineffective. Eleven patients (38%) died with a mean survival time of 7 yr from diagnosis. Three patients with ulcerative proctocolitis developed bile duct carcinoma. The cholangiograms and liver biopsies were reported without reference to clinical information together with 41 patients with other biliary diseases. Cholangiography was diagnostic in 18/22 (82%). Hepatic histology was diagnostic in 8/22 (36%). Ten showed features of large bile duct disease and 3 were misdiagnosed as primary biliary cirrhosis. Reduced numbers of bile ducts, ductular proliferation, portal inflammation and substantial Cu deposition, in combination with piecemeal necrosis, are commonly seen in primary sclerosing cholangitis and indicate the need for cholangiography.