Hepatobiliary complications of inflammatory bowel disease.

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  • S M Williams
  • R K Harned
چکیده

A variety of biliary and hepatocellular diseases occur with increased incidence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. These include fatty infiltration of the liver, cholelithiasis, pericholangitis-primary sclerosing cholangitis, cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis, liver abscess, amyloidosis, granulomatous hepatitis, and bile duct carcinoma. Radiography is essential in accurate diagnosis.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Radiologic clinics of North America

دوره 25 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1987