The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC):
Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).
- Deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, K.
Liver, gallbladder and bile ducts – pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).
- Acute bacterial cholangitis
- (Biliary) cirrhosis (liver disease associated with inflammation and fibrosis (abnormal proliferation of connective tissue))
- Cholelithiasis (gallstones)
- Gallbladder polyp
- Stenosis (narrowing) of the bile ducts with the possible consequence of progressive (progressive) chronic cholestasis (bile stasis)
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).
- Cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC; bile duct cancer).
- Gallbladder carcinoma
- Hepatobiliary carcinoma
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; hepatocellular carcinoma) (risk 13-14%).
- Colorectal carcinoma/colon carcinoma (colon cancer), especially on the right side.
- Pancreatic carcinoma