Hepatobiliary complications of inflammatory bowel disease.
A variety of biliary and hepatocellular diseases occur with increased incidence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. These include fatty infiltration of the liver, cholelithiasis, pericholangitis-primary sclerosing cholangitis, cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis, liver abscess, amyloidosis, granulomatous hepatitis, and bile duct carcinoma. Radiography is essential in accurate diagnosis.
D000328:Adult; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002758:Cholangiography; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography