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Bile Duct Ligation in Mice: Induction of Inflammatory Liver Injury and Fibrosis by Obstructive Cholestasis
Published on: February 10, 2015
[Sclerosing cholangitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]
A J Brea Hernando1, B Sacristán Terroba, E Bandrés Franco
1Sección de Medicina Interna II y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital San Millán, Logroño, La Rioja.
Abstract:
The case of a man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who had been intravenous drug abuser is reported. He was investigated because of the presence of both severe upper abdominal pain and raised levels of serum alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyltransferase. The endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography show stenosis of the major duodenal papilla associated with thickening and dilatation of intrahepatic bile ducts. The sclerosing cholangitis (SC) diagnostic was made with histological confirmation. Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in sputum and bronchial lavage. We discuss his SC implication and we review the literature. We highlight the need to suspect this pathology in both positive serology human immunodeficiency patients or AIDS with abdominal pain and biochemical cholestasis.
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