title: Primary sclerosing cholangitis: symptomatic and cholangiographic improvement after peripheral drainage.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary Surgical Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Hadjis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hatzis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blenkharn
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Blumgart
mesh_terms: 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