Bacterial cholangitis causing secondary sclerosing cholangitis: A case report
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Bacterial cholangitis causing secondary sclerosing cholangitis: A case report
BACKGROUND Although bacterial cholangitis is frequently mentioned as a cause of secondary sclerosing cholangitis, it appears to be extremely rare, with only one documented case ever reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 48-year-old woman presented with an episode of acute biliary pancreatitis that was complicated by pancreatic abcess formation. After 3 months she had an episode of severe pyogenic (E....
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Gastroenterology
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1471-230X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-2-14