Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Complications

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