Svensk definition
Kronisk, icke-bakteriell, inflammatorisk tilltäppning av gallvägarna. Ungefär hälften av fall är associerade med ulcerös kolit. Tillståndet avhjälps med ballongutvidgning eller genom operation.
Cholangitis, Sclerosing
Skleroserande kolangit
Engelsk definition
Chronic inflammatory disease of the BILIARY TRACT. It is characterized by fibrosis and hardening of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ductal systems leading to bile duct strictures, CHOLESTASIS, and eventual BILIARY CIRRHOSIS.
Svenska synonymer
Kolangit, skleroserande — Primär skleroserande kolangit
Engelska synonymer
Cholangitides, Sclerosing — Sclerosing Cholangitides — Sclerosing Cholangitis — Cholangiitis, Sclerosing — Cholangiitides, Sclerosing — Sclerosing Cholangiitides — Sclerosing Cholangiitis — Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis — Cholangitides, Primary Sclerosing — Primary Sclerosing Cholangitides — Sclerosing Cholangitides, Primary — Sclerosing Cholangitis, Primary — Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing