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primary sclerosing cholangitis
Sunday 28 January 2007
PSC with tissue IgG4 positivity
PSC with tissue IgG4 positivity has a more aggressive clinical course manifested by shorter time to transplant and a higher likelihood of recurrence than IgG4 negative PSC. (20035148)
See also
sclerosing cholangitis
References
IgG4+ plasma cell infiltrates in liver explants with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Zhang L, Lewis JT, Abraham SC, Smyrk TC, Leung S, Chari ST, Poterucha JJ, Rosen CB, Lohse CM, Katzmann JA, Wu TT. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Jan;34(1):88-94.PMID: 20035148
Pathologic Features of Ulcerative Colitis in Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Case-control Study. Joo M, Abreu-E-Lima P, Farraye F, Smith T, Swaroop P, Gardner L, Lauwers GY, Odze RD. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Mar 17. PMID: 19295408
Batres LA, Russo P, Mathews M, Piccoli DA, Chuang E, Ruchelli E. Primary sclerosing cholangitis in children: a histologic follow-up study. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2005 Sep-Oct;8(5):568-76. PMID: 16220233