Cholangitis causes

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Cholangitis is commonly caused by bacterial infections, which can occur when the common bile duct is obstructed.

The most common causes of biliary obstruction are biliary calculi, benign stricture or malignant neoplasms. Benign strictures are caused by primary sclerosing cholangitis, ischemic cholangitis, iatrogenic biliary tract injury, congenital disease and infection. Chronic inflammation predisposed to the development of cholangiocarcinoma. Extraluminal obstruction can occur from pancreatic cancer or pseudocyst, lymphoma, hepatoma, metastatic disease or ampullary cancer.

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Drug Side Effect	Cidofovir, Sorafenib, Teduglutide
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