作者: Roderick N. M. MacSween
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-7041-3_15
关键词: Primary sclerosing cholangitis 、 Jaundice 、 Bile duct 、 Pathology 、 Primary biliary cirrhosis 、 Disease 、 Medicine 、 Intrahepatic bile ducts 、 Cholestasis 、 Liver injury
摘要: The essential morphologic feature of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) comprises a chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis.1 This is the lesion and results in progressive disappearing bile duct syndrome. Although there clinical and/or biochemical evidence cholestatic syndrome from time diagnosis, cholestasis does not appear until has been extensive loss intrahepatic ducts; jaundice with bilirubinostasis often still later poor prognostic import.2 In my view, progress liver injury PBC secondary to resulting ducts is, effect, cirrhosis. chapter describes features PBC, discusses some immunological aspects, speculates as pathogenetic mechanisms, poses unanswered questions relating this enigmatic disease.