Primary sclerosing cholangitis, the biliary tree, and ulcerative colitis.

Abstract

EDITORIAL COMMENT It is well known that ulcerative colitis may be associated with a number of different diseases of the liver. This paper records sclerosing cholangitis as one possible mechanism of intrahepatic cholestasis. Sclerosing cholangitis is a general disease of the biliary system involving intra-and extrahepatic ducts and also the gall bladder. The diagnosis can only be made by laparotomy. The prognosis seems to be better that was originally thought.