Sclerosing cholangitis and liver cirrhosis after extrabiliary infections: Report on three cases
作者:
Wolfgang,
Scheppach Gerold,
Druge Guenther,
Wittenberg Justus,
Mueller Andrea,
Gassel Heinz-Jochen,
Gassel Frank,
期刊:
Critical Care Medicine
(OVID Available online 2001)
卷期:
Volume 29,
issue 2
页码: 438-441
ISSN:0090-3493
年代: 2001
出版商: OVID
关键词: cholestasis;cholangitis;sclerosing;liver cirrhosis;endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography;magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography;sepsis;Gram-positive;ischemia;intensive care unit
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
ObjectiveTo describe three unusual cases of sclerosing cholangitis after severe extrahepatic/extrabiliary bacterial infections.DesignCase report, clinical.SettingTertiary care intensive care unit (ICU).PatientsThree patients admitted to the ICU with infections from Gram-positive bacteria followed by sclerosing cholangitis and secondary biliary cirrhosis.Main ResultsThree unusual cases of persisting cholestasis that occurred after bacterial infections originating from extrahepatic/extrabiliary foci are described. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography revealed multiple strictures of the intrahepatic bile ducts as a sign of sclerosing cholangitis. All patients progressed to biliary cirrhosis within months after the onset of cholestasis.ConclusionInfection-associated cholestasis is usually a functional disorder and subsides after effective treatment of the underlying inflammatory focus. In rare cases, however, extrahepatic/extrabiliary infections may lead to sclerosing cholangitis and secondary biliary cirrhosis via unknown mechanisms.
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