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RECURRENT PYOGENIC CHOLANGITIS OR ‘ORIENTAL CHOLANGIOHEPATITIS’ IN OCCIDENTALS: CASE REPORTS OF FOUR PATIENTS
Author(s) -
Wilson Michael K.,
Stephen Michael S.,
Mathur Manu,
Sheldon Donald,
Storey David
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00842.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology
The first description of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis occurring in four Occidentals is presented. While recurrent pyogenic cholangitis is a common syndrome of uncertain aetiology among orientals (also known as oriental cholangiohepatitis), it has not previously been described in Occidentals. Four such patients are described. They presented with recurrent attacks of ascending cholangitis and associated hepatolithiasis, biliary stricturing and dilatation. Focal hepatic involvement was treated by segmental liver resection and recurrent disease by interventional endoscopy or radiology.