Medical image of the week: ascending cholangitis from biliary obstruction

Medical image of the week: ascending cholangitis from biliary obstruction

A 79 year old man with a history of quadriplegia presented to an outside hospital in septic shock. He was found to have an elevated total bilirubin of 10 mg/dL, direct bilirubin of 7 mg/dL, alkaline phosphatase of 405 U/L, and lipase of 370 U/L. Imaging showed cholelithiasis with likely intra- and...

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Main Authors: Wong C, William P, Carr G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2013-04-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:
ascending cholangitis
cholangitis
biliary obstruction
gall stone
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
septic shock
hypperbilirubinemia
cholelithiasis
ERCP
alkaline phosphatase
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