Pediatric sclerosing cholangitis

Sclerosing cholangitis, also known as fibrous cholangitis, is a cholestasis syndrome. It is caused by intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct inflammation that causes fibrous degeneration and hyperplasia of the submucosal and serous layers of the bile duct walls inside and outside the liver, causing bile ducts. Chronic fibrous stenosis and occlusion. Eventually it can develop into biliary cirrhosis and portal hypertension. A few cases can involve the gallbladder and pancreatic ducts, which can be accompanied by chronic ulcerative colitis or retroperitoneal fibrosis.

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