Abstract
3/2021
vol. 16
Review paper
Characteristic features of ulcerative colitis with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
Gastroenterology Rev 2021; 16 (3): 184–187
Online publish date: 2021/09/17
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of the colon. The most frequent symptoms include bloody diarrhoea with rectal urgency and tenesmus. It is often complicated by the presence of primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic, cholestatic liver disease, characterised by the inflammation and fibrosis of bile ducts. The presence of primary sclerosing cholangitis seems to alter the course of ulcerative colitis, changing its natural course.
Keywords
ulcerative colitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, inflammatory bowel disease
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