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A member asked:
What's the difference between primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis?
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Similar symptoms: Distinct diseases that announce themselves in the same way. Both destroy the small bile ducts within the liver and produce jaundice, itching and sometimes failure of the liver. The microscopic picture, labs, and treatment options are as strikingly different as the presentations are similar.
Answered 12/16/2013
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My brother had choledocholithiasis and one episode of mild acute Cholangitis. So, 25 days later after his first symptoms he got the ERCP treatment. CBD is now clear. Will the amount of time taken (25 days) for treatment cause liver cirrhosis to him?
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