A novel molecular imaging agent targeting glypican-3 (GPC3) has demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), including tumors smaller than one centimeter, ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly known as primary biliary cirrhosis, PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease in which a cycle of immune mediated biliary epithelial cell injury, cholestasis and ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare liver disease. It blocks and destroys bile ducts in the liver. Doctors used to call it “primary biliary cirrhosis.” “Biliary” means bile. That ...

Background: Many patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) are asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis. However, because most studies of asymptomatic PBC have been small and from tertiary centres, ...

Similar to primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis is a chronic disease that causes inflammation and scarring to the bile ducts that are inside, as well as outside, the liver.

Figure 3 Photomicrograph of the second liver biopsy. A - extensive aggression of the bile duct, with cytoplasmic vacuolization, pyknotic nuclei and a plasma-cell rich infiltrate (H&E, 20x); B - there ...

Spotlight On > AASLD: PBC Managing Primary Biliary Cholangitis Progression and Symptoms — Though only one approved agent has been available for decades, the armamentarium has expanded ...

What Carrington didn’t know then was that she was about to go through the frustrating experience of getting diagnosed with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), an autoimmune disease that affects ...

In the Journal of Medical Case Reports, researchers presented the case report of a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) who developed a hemothorax following an ultrasound-guided percutaneous ...

There is no cure for primary biliary cholangitis, which slowly destroys bile ducts. Sandy Archer is in the middle of the national transplant waiting list. CT woman diagnosed with chronic liver ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: This autoimmune disease causes scarring of medium and large bile ducts inside the liver. Primary biliary cirrhosis: This is another autoimmune disease that causes ...