Diagnosis and treatment of primary biliary cholangitis: Is pathology necessary?
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.03.005
- VernacularTitle:原发性胆汁性胆管炎诊治——病理是否必需？
- Author:
Hongli LIU
1
,
2
;
Yongfeng YANG
2
,
3
Author Information
1. School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
2. Department of Hepatology, Nanjing Second Hospital & Teaching Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210003, China
3. Department of Hepatology, Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine & Nanjing Second Hospital, Nanjing 210003, China
- Publication Type:Discussions by Experts
- Keywords:
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary;
Pathology, Clinical;
Diagnosis;
Therapeutics
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2023;39(3):511-516
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic intrahepatic cholestatic disease. This article summarizes and reviews the histopathological features of PBC and the role of pathological examination in the diagnosis and treatment of PBC, as well as the role of pathology in staging and prognosis, the diagnosis of atypical PBC and overlap syndrome, the analysis of reasons for poor response to ursodeoxycholic acid, and identification of diseases or exclusion of other comorbidities, so as to improve the awareness of the role of pathological examination in PBC among clinicians.
