cholangitis

cholangitis
n.
inflammation of the bile ducts. It usually occurs when the ducts are obstructed, especially by stones, or after operations on the bile ducts. Symptoms include intermittent fever, usually with rigors, and intermittent jaundice (a combination known as Charcot's triad). Initial treatment is by antibiotics, but removal of the obstruction is essential for permanent cure. Liver abscess is a possible complication, and recurrent episodes of cholangitis lead to secondary biliary cirrhosis. Sclerosing cholangitis is a characteristic but rare complication of ulcerative colitis in which all the bile ducts develop irregularities and narrowing.

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  • Cholangitis — Infobox Disease Name = Cholangitis Caption = DiseasesDB = 2514 ICD10 = ICD10|K|83|0|k|80 ICD9 = ICD9|576.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2665 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|emerg|96 | MeshID = D002761 Cholangitis… …   Wikipedia

  • cholangitis — Inflammation of a bile duct or the entire biliary tree. SYN: angiocholitis, cholangeitis. [chol + G. angeion, vessel, + itis, inflammation] ascending c. SYN: c. lenta. c. lenta (len ta′) low grade …   Medical dictionary

  • Cholangitis — Entzündung der Gallengänge * * * Cholangitis   [ç ] die, /... tiden, Entzündung der Gallenwege (Gallenblasenentzündung). * * * Cho|lan|gi|tis, die; , ...itiden (Med.): Entzündung der Gallengänge (einschließlich der Gallenblase) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Cholangitis (disambiguation) — Cholangitis is any inflammation of the biliary tree, including: Ascending cholangitis, a severe acute bacterial infection associated with gallstones in the common bile duct Primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic autoimmune disease leading to… …   Wikipedia

  • Cholangitis-Cholangiohepatitis-Komplex — Der Cholangitis Cholangiohepatitis Komplex (CCH Komplex) ist eine entzündliche Erkrankung der Gallenwege bei Katzen. Die Ursache der Erkrankung ist ungeklärt. Die Krankheit zeigt sich in unspezifischen klinischen Erscheinungen und ist durch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cholangitis, sclerosing — A chronic disorder of the liver in which the ducts carrying bile from the liver to the intestine and, often, the ducts carrying bile within the liver, become inflamed, thickened and scared (sclerotic), and obstructed. This relentlessly… …   Medical dictionary

  • cholangitis lenta — chronic infectious cholangitis without gallstones or biliary tract obstruction …   Medical dictionary

  • cholangitis — noun An inflammation of the bile duct …   Wiktionary

  • Cholangitis — Chol|an|gi|tis auch: Cho|lan|gi|tis 〈 [xol ] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: gi|ti|den; Med.〉 Entzündung der Gallengänge [Etym.: <grch. chole »Galle« + aggeion »Gefäß«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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