Primary sclerosing cholangitis: is any treatment worthwhile?

A Barnabas, RW Chapman - Current gastroenterology reports, 2012 - Springer
While many therapeutic agents have been evaluated in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
(PSC), none have been shown in controlled trials to modify the course of disease. The bile …

Challenging biliary strictures: pathophysiological features, differential diagnosis, diagnostic algorithms, and new clinically relevant biomarkers-part 1

JM Dumonceau, M Delhaye… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
It is frequently challenging to make the correct diagnosis in patients with biliary strictures.
This is particularly important as errors may have disastrous consequences. Benign …

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: a concise review of diagnosis and management

ZP Fricker, DR Lichtenstein - Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a rare, chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by
progressive idiopathic stricturing of the biliary system, typically leading to cirrhosis, end …

Assessment in steroid trial for IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis

S Iwasaki, T Kamisawa, S Koizumi, K Chiba… - Advances in Medical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Response to steroids is included in the diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related
sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC). To assess how to appropriately conduct steroid trials for …

[HTML][HTML] Update on primary sclerosing cholangitis

TH Karlsen, KM Boberg - Journal of hepatology, 2013 - Elsevier
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) remains one of the most challenging conditions of
clinical hepatology. There has been a steady growth in research to overcome this fact and …

IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis

EL Culver, G Webster - Biliary Disease: From Science to Clinic, 2017 - Springer
Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) is the biliary manifestation of a
multi-organ chronic fibroinflammatory condition, IgG4-related disease. Clinically it may …

[PDF][PDF] Primary sclerosing cholangitis

C Majoie, K Huibregtse, J Reeders - Abdominal imaging, 1997 - pure.uva.nl
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is defined as a disease with inflammation and
obliterative fibrosis usually affecting both the intrahepatic and extrahepatic portions of the …

New Thoughts on Immunoglobulin G4–Related Sclerosing Cholangitis

WL Smit, EL Culver, RW Chapman - Clinics in Liver Disease, 2016 - liver.theclinics.com
Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) is a distinct form of chronic
cholangitis characterized by infiltration of lymphocytes and abundant IgG4-positive plasma …

Endoscopic ultrasound as an early diagnostic tool for primary sclerosing cholangitis: a prospective pilot study

HH Lutz, HE Wasmuth, K Streetz, F Tacke, A Koch… - …, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Background and study aims: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare, chronic
cholestatic liver disease, which typically affects middle-aged men and is frequently …

[HTML][HTML] Biliary endoscopy in the management of primary sclerosing cholangitis and its complications

BM Fung, JH Tabibian - Liver research, 2019 - Elsevier
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, idiopathic, cholestatic liver disease
characterized by inflammation and fibrosis of the intrahepatic and/or extrahepatic bile ducts …