SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME

Authors
ICHIKAWA N TANIGUCHI A AKAMA H ISHIGURO H KURIHARA T TERAI C HARA M KASHIWAZAKI S
Citation
N. Ichikawa et al., SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME, Internal medicine, 36(8), 1997, pp. 561-564
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
36
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
561 - 564
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1997)36:8<561:SCAWHS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A 15-year-old male with hypereosinophilic syndrome was admitted to our hospital because of general malaise and abnormal liver function tests . Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography demonstrated bile duc t changes consistent with primary sclerosing cholangitis. The patient' s liver profile tests returned to normal after treatment with predniso lone and ursodeoxycholic acid. In this case, eosinophils might have pl ayed an important role in the pathogenesis of the bile duct lesion.