Secondary sclerosing cholangitis in a critically ill patient
Krista E Weiss1, Juergen K Willmann1, R Brooke Jeffrey1
1Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery
|May 19, 2016
Abstract:
Critically ill patients are commonly imaged for liver dysfunction. An often fatal condition, secondary sclerosing cholangitis, is an important and likely under-recognized hepatic condition in these patients. In presenting this case report, we hope to raise awareness of this condition amongst radiologists as well as other physicians caring for the critically ill.
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