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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Cholangitis must be differentiated from other causes of infection in the common bile duct as well as inflammation and infection of cholecystitis. | |||
==Differentiating Cholangitis from other Diseases== | ==Differentiating Cholangitis from other Diseases== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farwa Haideri [2]
Overview
Cholangitis must be differentiated from other causes of infection in the common bile duct as well as inflammation and infection of cholecystitis.
Differentiating Cholangitis from other Diseases
Cholangitis should be differentiated from the following:[1]
- Acute cholecystitis
- Acute hepatitis
- Acute pancreatitis
- Biliary stricture
- Cancer of the common bile duct
- Cholestatic liver disease
- Cirrhosis
- Duodenal ulcer
- Gastic ulcer
- Pancreatic cancer
References
- ↑ Miura F, Takada T, Kawarada Y, Nimura Y, Wada K, Hirota M, Nagino M, Tsuyuguchi T, Mayumi T, Yoshida M, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA, Belghiti J, de Santibanes E, Gadacz TR, Gouma DJ, Fan ST, Chen MF, Padbury RT, Bornman PC, Kim SW, Liau KH, Belli G, Dervenis C (2007). "Flowcharts for the diagnosis and treatment of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines". J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 14 (1): 27–34. doi:10.1007/s00534-006-1153-x. PMC 2784508. PMID 17252294.