Primary sclerosing cholangitis: symptomatic and cholangiographic improvement after peripheral drainage.
Presented is a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis, extrahepatic bile duct obstruction, and associated occlusion of the main portal vein, who was treated by peripheral biliary drainage. Radiological follow-up showed considerable improvement of the ductal strictures and bile excretion through the normal anatomical route. The patient remains well and anicteric 60 months after surgery.
Hadjis
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Hepatobiliary Surgical Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
Adam
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Hatzis
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Blenkharn
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Thompson
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Blumgart
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D000328:Adult; D002758:Cholangiography; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D012598:Sclerosis; D013396:Suction