Diagnosis and treatment of primary biliary cholangitis: Is pathology necessary?

Hongli LIU; Yongfeng YANG

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.03.005

Volume 39 Issue 3

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Diagnosis and treatment of primary biliary cholangitis: Is pathology necessary?

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.03.005

Hongli LIU^{1, 2},
Yongfeng YANG^{2, 3
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School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
2.
Department of Hepatology, Nanjing Second Hospital & Teaching Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing 210003, China
3.
Department of Hepatology, Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine & Nanjing Second Hospital, Nanjing 210003, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (81970454)

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Corresponding author: YANG Yongfeng, yyf1997@163.com (ORCID: 0000-0002-3214-0038)
Received Date: 2022-12-31
Accepted Date: 2023-02-17
Published Date: 2023-03-20

Abstract

Abstract

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic intrahepatic cholestatic disease. This article summarizes and reviews the histopathological features of PBC and the role of pathological examination in the diagnosis and treatment of PBC, as well as the role of pathology in staging and prognosis, the diagnosis of atypical PBC and overlap syndrome, the analysis of reasons for poor response to ursodeoxycholic acid, and identification of diseases or exclusion of other comorbidities, so as to improve the awareness of the role of pathological examination in PBC among clinicians.
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary,
- Pathology, Clinical,
- Diagnosis,
- Therapeutics

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