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cholangitis

NOUN
  1. inflammation of the bile ducts

How To Use cholangitis In A Sentence

  • The patient described in this report had every major complication of Caroli disease, including recurrent cholangitis, liver abscess, biliary lithiasis, and cholangiocarcinoma.
  • Placement of large bore plastic biliary stents was a good initial treatment for cholangitis or jaundice when present.
  • Liver biopsy, performed in 10 patients, showed changes compatible with sclerosing cholangitis in non-AIDS patients in five cases.
  • I was diagnosed nine years ago with PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis. CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2002
  • It allows administration of larger volumes of blood or fluid and can be used to withdraw blood samples. cholangitis - inflammation of the bile ducts. chole - refers to bile. cholangiogram - a picture of the biliary tree. cirrhosis - the most advanced stage of liver scarring. Glossary of liver transplant terms
  • In this scenario, early cholecystectomy would avoid significant complications such as biliary colic, cholangitis, cholecystitis, and pancreatitis from the residual stones.
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis: a disease in which the bile ducts narrow because of inflammation and scarring. Who needs a liver transplant?
  • The present study was done to extend these observations and to include sera from patients with ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.
  • I'd been snowboarding on the World Cup circuit for a while and was feeling perfectly healthy when the doctors told me I had primary sclerosing cholangitis, or PSC. Nikki Stone: Organ Transplant That Led to Olympic Dreams
  • Cholangitis most commonly occurs because of an impacted gallstone.
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