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A member asked:
Does sclerosing cholangitis cause fusiform dilation of biliary tree or not fusiform? ?
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Neither: It causes thickening of the wall of the bile duct producing many strictures that are short in the order of 3-5 mm in length.
Answered 2/19/2014
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Not fusiform: It causes strictures and shrinking of the bilary tree.
Answered 2/19/2014
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