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Colangitis - Overview

Definición:

Es una infección del conducto colédoco, el conducto que transporta la bilis desde el hígado hasta la vesícula biliar y los intestinos. La bilis es un líquido producido por el hígado que ayuda a digerir los alimentos.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La colangitis generalmente es causada por una infección bacteriana que puede ocurrir cuando se presenta obstrucción del conducto por cosas como un cálculo biliar o un tumor. La infección causante de esta afección también se puede extender al hígado.

Los factores de riesgo son antecedentes de cálculos biliares, colangitis esclerosante, VIH, estrechamiento del conducto colédoco y, en raras ocasiones, viajar a países en donde se puede contraer una infección por lombrices o parásitos.

  • Reviewed last on: 5/23/2010
  • David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California.

Referencias

Attasaranya S, Fogel EL. Choledocholithiasis, ascending cholangitis, and gallstone pancreatitis. Med Clin North Am. 2008;92(4):925-960.

Afdhal NH. Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 159.

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