sclerosing cholangitis…

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digestive system, bile pathway, primary sclerosing cholangitis, sclerosing cholangitis, inflammation, the bile ducts, the liver, a specified cause, bile ducts, outside the liver, become narrowed, scarred, disease is associated, inflammatory bowel disease, genetic factors, play a causative role, disease is progressive, most patients develop biliary cirrhosis, persistent jaundice, liver failure, diagnosis is made, in part, by eliminating other diseases, the biliary system, by absence of stones, in the gallbladder, biliary system, disease occurs more often in men, disorder is rare in children, jaundice, itching, general discomfort, uneasiness, ill feeling, malaise, loss of appetite, indigestion, enlarged liver, enlarged spleen, tests that show cholangitis, ercp, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, ptc, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram, liver biopsy, abdominal ct scan, mrcp, abdominal mri/magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, abdominal ultrasound, blood tests that reveal abnormal function, elevated liver enzymes, liver function tests, endoscopic balloon dilation of strictures, relieve symptoms, endoscopic stent, drain, tube, placement, major strictures a possibility, liver transplantation, prior to liver failure, possibility medications cholestyramine, ursodiol used, circumstances, medications, effective in improving the prognosis, antibiotics, infections, the bilde ducts, prognosis is variable, patients develop recurrent infections, the bile ducts, patients have progressive chronic liver disease, ascites, varices, patients have an increased risk of developing cancer, the bile ducts, cholangiocarcinoma, liver transplant, become necessary, liver failure, cholangitis, infection, the biliary system, cholangiocarcinoma, vitamin deficiencies, persistent jaundice, itching.