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Check GS Notes as well (more on Gallstones, Cholecystitis) 

Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Primary biliary cirrhosis
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Young 🤵🏻
·      
Sclerosing: fibrosis
·      
Cholangiaits:
inflammation of CBD
·      
intra & extra
hepatic
·      
Common w/ UC
·      
⤴️ Risk for cholangiocarcinoma
·      
Bitch: middle
aged
👩🏻
·      
Interlobular bile
duct destruction + portal triad
·      
⤵️ secretion of
bile
Sx
·      
Early:
Insidious onset:
·      
pruritus
·      
jaundice
·      
HSM
·      
Late:
·      
Cirrhosis (Liver
failure /Ascites)
·      
portal HTN
·      
pruritis
·      
chronic
cholecystitis
·      
jaundice
·      
hyperlipidemia
Dx
·      
LFT:
⤴️
ALP / GGT
·      
ERCP:
strings on beads appearance
·      

Anti-mitochondrial ab
·      
LFT:
⤴️
ALP
·      
RUQ
US
:
·      
Anti-mitochondrial
ab (anti-mama)
Tx
·      
Endoscopic
balloon / stent 
·      
Liver transplantation in
selected cases
·      

Ursodeoxycholic acid
·      
Liver Transplant
Malignant Biliary Obstruction
?
·      
Cholangiocarcinoma
·      
Pancreatic/HCC
·      
Metastasis
(Colon, gastric)
Clx
·      
Jaundice,
·      
Pruritus, acholic
stools, dark urine
·      
Weight loss
·      
RIJQ pain
·      
RUQ mass or
hepatomegaly
·      
⤴️ Direct
bilirubin, ALP, GGT
Dx
·      
Serum tumor
markers (CEA, CA-19, AFP)
·      
Abdominal (US, CT
scan)
·      
EUS or ERCP for
tissue dx if unclear
Acute Cholangitis
?
Ascending infection due to biliary obstruction
Clx
Triad ∆:
Fever / RUQ Pain / Jaundice
Hypotension, AMS (Reynolds pentad)
Dx
·      
🆎
Cholestatic LFT
·      
⤴️ Direct
bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase
·      
Mildly ⤴️
aminotransferases
·      
Biliary dilation
on abdominal US / CT
Tx
·      
Abx coverage of
enteric bacteria
·      
ERCP
w/i 24-48 h and drain biliary tree
Biliary cysts
Path
Type 1 cysts (most common): extrahepatic,
single cystic dilatation of the bile duct
S/S
∆ of:
·      
pain,
·      
jaundice
·      
palpable mass
Majority present at age <10 years
Dx
·      
 US
·      
ERCP
Tx
Surgical resection to relieve obstruction &
prevent malignant transformation

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