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Autoimmune cholangitis (AC) is a recently proposed entity that describes a
specific group of patients presenting overlapping features of primary biliary
cirrhosis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis. The disease is characterized...
Autoimmune cholangitis is a clinical constellation of chronic cholestasis,
histological changes of chronic nonsuppurative cholangitis and the presence of
autoantibodies other than antimitochondrial antibody (AMA). It is uncertain
whether this...
Approximately 3-15% of patients who have undergone removal of bile duct stones with endoscopic sphincterotomy have recurrence of stones which often presents as acute cholangitis. Despite better understanding on the...