Autoimmune cholangitis: a variant syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis.
Autoimmune cholangitis (AIC) or autoimmune cholangiopathy is a chronic inflammation of liver and a variant syndrome of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). We present a case of an adult female who had biochemical features of cholestasis and transaminasemia but aminotransferases were not in the hepatitis range and had histological evidence of bile duct injury which was subsequently diagnosed as autoimmune cholangitis.
Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171001, India.
Brij
B
Sharma
Department of Medicine, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 176001, India.
Sujeet
S
Raina
Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh 171001, India.
Rajesh
R
Sharma