Differential diagnosis of acute cholangitis
Differential diagnosis
Acute cholangitis should be differentiated from the following conditions:
- acute cholecystitis
- liver abscess
- gastric duodenal ulcer
- acute pancreatitis
- acute hepatitis
- septicaemia from other origins
Reference:
- Kiriyama S, Kozaka K, Takada T, et al. Tokyo guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):17-30.
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