Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PSC
Pronunciation
/ˈpraɪ.mə.skliəˈroʊ.zɪŋ kəˈlæn.dʒaɪ.tɪs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Background : The pathologic features of ulcerative colitis ( UC ) in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis ( PSC ) are, essentially, unknown.
  2. Liver transplantation is the only curative treatment known to date for end-stage liver disease occurring as a result of primary sclerosing cholangitis ( PSC ).
  3. A large number of clinical studies show that UDCA have a significant healing effect on a variety of cholestatic liver disease, such as primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, intrahepatic cholestasis.
  4. Background : Autoimmune liver diseases include autoimmune hepatitis ( AIH ), primary biliary cirrhosis ( PBC ) and primary sclerosing cholangitis ( PSC ), etc.
  5. Cholestasis is a component of many liver diseases, including cholelithiasis, cholestasis of pregnancy, primary biliary cirrhosis ( PBC ), and primary sclerosing cholangitis.

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