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A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a liver disease of idiopathic origin, displaying a diverse and varied nature, which leads to cholestasis. It is characterized by continuous, advancing inflammation and fibrosis in the bile ducts. PSC is closely linked with inflammatory bowel disease and poses...

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Autores principales: Lakkasani, Saraswathi, Kogilathota Jagirdhar, Gowthami Sai, Qirem, Murad, Digiacomo, Scott W, Pantula, Srinivasa
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Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37706140
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43403
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author Lakkasani, Saraswathi
Kogilathota Jagirdhar, Gowthami Sai
Qirem, Murad
Digiacomo, Scott W
Pantula, Srinivasa
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Kogilathota Jagirdhar, Gowthami Sai
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description Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a liver disease of idiopathic origin, displaying a diverse and varied nature, which leads to cholestasis. It is characterized by continuous, advancing inflammation and fibrosis in the bile ducts. PSC is closely linked with inflammatory bowel disease and poses a risk for colon, bile duct, and gallbladder cancer. Unfortunately, there is currently no effective medical treatment available for this condition. In some cases, the disease may progress to end-stage liver failure, making liver transplantation a possible necessity for affected individuals. PSC association with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is very rare. This is a case of PSC that is overlapped with AIH. Screening colonoscopy showed colitis, and a biopsy was consistent with ulcerative colitis without any colitis symptoms, emphasizing the need for ruling out any other associated conditions, which respond well to the effective treatment to avoid morbidity and mortality in PSC.
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spelling pubmed-104956952023-09-13 A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis Lakkasani, Saraswathi Kogilathota Jagirdhar, Gowthami Sai Qirem, Murad Digiacomo, Scott W Pantula, Srinivasa Cureus Internal Medicine Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a liver disease of idiopathic origin, displaying a diverse and varied nature, which leads to cholestasis. It is characterized by continuous, advancing inflammation and fibrosis in the bile ducts. PSC is closely linked with inflammatory bowel disease and poses a risk for colon, bile duct, and gallbladder cancer. Unfortunately, there is currently no effective medical treatment available for this condition. In some cases, the disease may progress to end-stage liver failure, making liver transplantation a possible necessity for affected individuals. PSC association with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is very rare. This is a case of PSC that is overlapped with AIH. Screening colonoscopy showed colitis, and a biopsy was consistent with ulcerative colitis without any colitis symptoms, emphasizing the need for ruling out any other associated conditions, which respond well to the effective treatment to avoid morbidity and mortality in PSC. Cureus 2023-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10495695/ /pubmed/37706140 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43403 Text en Copyright © 2023, Lakkasani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Lakkasani, Saraswathi
Kogilathota Jagirdhar, Gowthami Sai
Qirem, Murad
Digiacomo, Scott W
Pantula, Srinivasa
A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis
title A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis
title_full A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis
title_fullStr A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis
title_short A Rare Case of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Overlapped With Autoimmune Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis
title_sort rare case of primary sclerosing cholangitis overlapped with autoimmune hepatitis and ulcerative colitis
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37706140
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.43403
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