RECURRENT PYOGENIC CHOLANGITIS OR ORIENTAL CHOLANGIOHEPATITIS IN OCCIDENTALS - CASE-REPORTS OF 4 PATIENTS

Citation
Mk. Wilson et al., RECURRENT PYOGENIC CHOLANGITIS OR ORIENTAL CHOLANGIOHEPATITIS IN OCCIDENTALS - CASE-REPORTS OF 4 PATIENTS, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 66(9), 1996, pp. 649-652
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
66
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
649 - 652
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1996)66:9<649:RPCOOC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The first description of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis occurring in f our occidentals is presented. While recurrent pyogenic cholangitis is a common syndrome of uncertain aetiology among orientals (also known a s oriental cholangiohepatitis), it has not previously been described i n occidentals. Four such patients are described. They presented with r ecurrent attacks of ascending cholangitis and associated hepatolithias is, biliary stricturing and dilatation. Focal hepatic involvement was treated by segmental liver resection and recurrent disease by interven tional endoscopy or radiology.