Oriental cholangio-hepatitis

• pyogenic cholangitis
• seen in Orient and in Asian immigrants
• etiology: Clonorchis sinensis (?), stones

• dilated ducts filled with stones
  • soft, pigmented stones ==> no shadow on U/S
• stricture, obstruction, abscess
• increased incidence of cholangioCa

DDx:

• sclerosing cholangitis
• Caroli dz

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18