[Secondary sclerosing cholangitis after multiple trauma and long-term intensive care treatment : Case report of a characteristic course.]

This article reports on a patient who needed intensive care treatment because of multiple trauma. The patient had no preexisting liver disease but developed secondary sclerosing cholangitis and finally died. The etiology, diagnosis and therapeutic options of this clinical picture are discussed and a review of the literature is presented. PMID: 23340951 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/23340951?dopt=Abstract

Source: Der Anaesthesist - January 24, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Seemann M, Kirchner G, Bele S, Sinner B, Graf B, Kieninger M Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research