Sclerosing cholangitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
The asymptomatic course of two adolescents with hepatobiliary complications of inflammatory bowel disease are reported. As has previously been documented in adult patients, liver biopsy and cholangiography of the biliary tree are indicated procedures when the cholestatic enzymes are elevated in children with colonic involvement.
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002758:Cholangiography; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male