Cholangitis
Definition: Inflammation of biliary tracts.
Types
acute cholangitis
chronic cholangitis
- lymphocytic cholangitis
- sclerosing cholangitis
Etiology (Exemples)
genetic cholangitis
infectious cholangitis
dysimmune cholangitis (auto-immune cholangitis)
Localization
intra-hepatic cholangitis
- portal cholangitis (interlobular biliary tract)
extra-hepatic cholangitis (angiocholitis)