TY - JOUR AU - Wagner, V.; Plentz, R. R.; Schraml, C.; Malek, N. P.; Goetz, M. TI - Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis as a differential diagnosis in biliary tract diseases TT - Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis als Differenzialdiagnose bei Gallenwegserkrankungen SN - 0044-2771 SN - 1439-7803 PY - 2015 JO - Z Gastroenterol JF - Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie LA - DE VL - 53 IS - 09 SP - 1087 EP - 1090 DA - 2015/09/14 KW - Gallenwege KW - Cholangitis KW - Hepatolithiasis KW - Gallengangsstenose KW - Leber AB - Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis (RPC) or Primary Hepatolithiasis is a common disease of the biliary tract in Asia, whereas it is usually not seen in Europeans. With increasing global mobility, the disease will be encountered in Europe more frequently, too. It should therefore be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients from endemic countries with recurrent symptoms of cholestasis/cholangitis and bile duct dilations, strictures and hepatolithiasis. In this case report, we present the history of a 37-year old patient from Sri Lanka and describe typical aspects of RPC. The patient presented at our hospital with scleral jaundice and pruritus. In the past she had been treated for septic cholangitis. Diagnosis in our patient was made after laboratory tests, MRT/MRCP and ERC. She was treated interventionally by ERC and is now monitored on a regular basis. PB - © Georg Thieme Verlag KG DO - 10.1055/s-0035-1553341 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0035-1553341 ER -