• Med. J. Malaysia · Nov 2020

    Case Reports

    Ulcerative colitis with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis.

    • A K Mohamed and C E Seow.
    • Medical Department, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Gastroenterology Unit, Kedah, Malaysia. zuraidaamin1@gmail.com.
    • Med. J. Malaysia. 2020 Nov 1; 75 (6): 756-758.

    AbstractPrimary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is the most common liver disease and known hepatobiliary complication of ulcerative colitis (UC). Concomitant PSC in UC is associated with increased risk of rapid progression of primary sclerosing cholangitis, and malignancy including colon carcinoma as well as hepatobiliary carcinoma. We report a case of a 26-year-old woman who was diagnosed as ulcerative colitis during her second pregnancy. Her liver function test showed a significant elevation of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and gamma glutamyl transferase (GGT) with other parameters being within normal range. A clinical suspicion of primary sclerosing cholangitis was then made. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreticography (MRCP) revealed beaded appearance of the right and left intrahepatic ducts with focal narrowing seen at the ducts, suggestive of primary sclerosing cholangitis. She was subsequently started on oral Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) with improvement in her liver function test within 3 weeks of initiation of treatment.

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