title: Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis in a case with congenital biliary anomaly.
abstract: Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis is endemic to South-east Asia but has been very rarely reported from natives of other parts of the world. A 43-years-old woman was presented with sepsis that had a history of recurrent epigastric pain and fever attacks. Her liver tests were unremarkable suggesting any hepatobiliary diseases. Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis and congenital extrahepatic biliary anomaly have been diagnosed after serial diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including endoscopic retrograde cholangiography, MR-cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and finally left hepatectomy. She was cured completely following surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seyfettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köklü
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Akkuş
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taş
authors.forename: Zeliha
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tufan
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanrikulu
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kekilli
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koçak
authors.forename: Mehmet Alparslan
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gönültaş
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Yimaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002758:Cholangiography; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence