All issues > Volume 19(10); 1976

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1976;19(10):717-721. Published online October 31, 1976.

A Case of Sclerosing Cholangitis

Chung Sik Chun¹, Soon Ja Kim¹, Soo Woong Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics,Catholio Medical College Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Sclerosing cholangitis is a rare condition of unknown etiology, presenting extrahepatic biliary obstruction due to a chronic inflammatory obliterative process. Criteria for diagnosis include progressive biliary obstruction due to chronic inflammatory fibrous process, absence of biliary stones, absence of biliary surgery prior to onset of symptoms, and a follow up period long enough to exclude sclerosing carcinoma of the biliary tract. Long term prognosis is generally considered poor. This paper presented a case of sclesosing cholangitis occurring in a 12 year old boy, and a brief review of literatures was made.

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