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Pediatric primary sclerosing cholangitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences volume 31, pages 773–777 (1986)Cite this article

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An 11-year-old male presented with abdominal pain and emesis. Serum chemistries revealed cholestasis and an ERCP demonstrated sclerosing cholangitis. Secondary causes of this disease process were excluded. Sclerosing cholangitis is distinctly uncommon in the pediatric age group, but it should be considered in evaluation of patients of any age with cholestasis. It appears in some cases that there may be subtle histologic and radiographic features which separate the pediatric and adult forms of the disease.

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  1. Divisions of Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine Departments, Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia

    David A. Johnson MD,  Edward L. Cattau Jr MD & Joseph E. Hancock MD

  2. Digestive Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 20814, Bethesda, Maryland

    David A. Johnson MD,  Edward L. Cattau Jr MD & Joseph E. Hancock MD

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Johnson, D.A., Cattau, E.L. & Hancock, J.E. Pediatric primary sclerosing cholangitis. Digest Dis Sci 31, 773–777 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296457

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Keywords

  • Public Health
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Disease Process
  • Cholangitis
  • Cholestasis