ISCHEMIC CHOLANGITIS
Abstract:
Biliary ducts present a high tendency to be affected by ischemia, due to the morphofunctional
particularities of the blood pressure at this level. The ethiology of ischemic cholangitis is various, being
represented by medical causes and by postsurgery conditions.Clinical subjective symptoms are
nonspecific and scarce. Laboratory tests add up to the cholestasis and jaundice syndroms aspect. The
diagnosis is confirmed by endoscopic cholangiography. Treatment resides in antibiotic theraphy,
endoscopic interventional cure and in case of failure of these methods, liver transplantation.
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