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primary biliary cirrhosis [2 records]

Record 1 2012-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

Obstructive jaundice with hyperlipemia, and liver cirrhosis with marked postal infiltration by lymphocytes and plasma cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
OBS

[maladie qui] se voit chez des sujets gros mangeurs, gros buveurs et pléthoriques. L'ascite y est habituellement modéré et se reproduit lentement; elle peut se tarir sous l'influence du traitement. Il existe même des formes anascitiques (Gilbert) [...]. La rate est naturellement augmentée de volume. Le foie est très gros, lisse, ferme et facilement palpable. Par contre, l'insuffisance hépatique est à peine ébauchée.

Key term(s)
  • cirrhose hypertrophique veineuse

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

A rare form of biliary cirrhosis of unknown etiology, in which small intrahepatic bile ducts are destroyed while the major intra- and extrahepatic ducts remain patent; it is characterized by chronic cholestasis with pruritus, jaundice, hypercholesterolemia and xanthomas, osteomalacia, and, in the later stages by portal hypertension and liver failure. Almost all patients have circulating antimitochondrial antibodies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hígado y conductos biliares
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