Cholangitis in a child due to biliary tract anomalies
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 25 (1) , 59-65
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01312734
Abstract
A 29-month-old child with persistent cholangitis and steatorrhea complicating congenital hepatic fibrosis underwent radiographic evaluation of the biliary tree. Communicating intrahepatic cavernous ectasias were demonstrated by percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, a procedure deemed safe in children of this age group. Unlike most patients with cholangitis, he had documented steatorrhea and growth failure which resolved following successful treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Bacteriologic diagnosis was made by direct culture of liver tissue combined with duodenal intubation.Keywords
This publication has 35 references indexed in Scilit:
- Caroli's disease: an ultrasonic diagnosisThe British Journal of Radiology, 1977
- Congenital Dilatation of the Intrahepatic Biliary DuctsArchives of Surgery, 1974
- Passage of Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim into the Bile in ManChemotherapy, 1974
- Cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ductsThe British Journal of Radiology, 1972
- COMMUNICATING CAVERNOUS ECTASIA OF THE INTRAHEPATIC DUCTS (CAROLI’S DISEASE)American Journal of Roentgenology, 1971
- Quantitative estimation of bile salts in serumCanadian Journal of Biochemistry, 1970
- Bacteria, bile and the small bowelGut, 1969
- Partial biliary obstruction with cholangitis producing a blind loop syndrome.Gut, 1968
- Congenital dilation of the intrahepatic bile ductsThe American Journal of Medicine, 1966
- A lesion resembling medullary sponge kidney in patients with congenital hepatic fibrosisClinical Radiology, 1962