primary biliary cirrhosis
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Primary biliary cirrhosis — Classification and external resources Micrograph of primary biliary cirrhosis showing bile duct inflammation and injury. H E stain … Wikipedia
biliary cirrhosis — n cirrhosis of the liver due to inflammation or obstruction of the bile ducts resulting in the accumulation of bile in and functional impairment of the liver * * * cirrhosis caused by obstruction or infection of major extrahepatic or intrahepatic … Medical dictionary
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) — A liver disease caused by an abnormality of the immune system. Small bile ducts within the liver become inflamed and obliterated. Backup of bile causes intense skin itching and yellowing of the skin (jaundice). Lack of bile decreases absorption… … Medical dictionary
Cirrhosis — Classification and external resources A person with massive ascites and caput medusae due to cirrhotic liver failure ICD 10 K … Wikipedia
Primary sclerosing cholangitis — Classification and external resources Cholangiogram of primary sclerosing cholangitis. ICD 10 K … Wikipedia
cirrhosis — Endstage liver disease characterized by diffuse damage to hepatic parenchymal cells, with nodular regeneration, fibrosis, and disturbance of normal architecture; associated with failure in the function … Medical dictionary
cirrhosis — n. a condition in which the liver responds to injury or death of some of its cells by producing interlacing strands of fibrous tissue between which are nodules of regenerating cells. The liver becomes tawny and characteristically knobbly (due to… … The new mediacal dictionary
Hepato-biliary diseases — affect the liver and/or biliary tract, and are studied in the branch of medicine called Hepatology. Contents 1 Liver diseases 2 Viral hepatitis 3 Liver dysfunction in other infectious diseases … Wikipedia
Primary sclerosing cholangitis — 1. A chronic disorder of the liver in which the ducts carrying bile from the liver to the intestine, and often the ducts carrying bile within the liver, become inflamed, thickened, scarred (sclerotic), and obstructed. This relentlessly… … Medical dictionary
PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) — 1. A chronic disorder of the liver in which the ducts carrying bile from the liver to the intestine and, often, the ducts carrying bile within the liver, become inflamed, thickened (sclerotic), and obstructed. This relentlessly progressive… … Medical dictionary
