J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 92(7): 893-896, 1991

Case report

THE PROGNOSIS OF SEGMENTAL TYPE OF PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS
―A PROGNOSTIC STUDY OF THE CASES―

Department of Surgery, Nishinomiya Prefectural Hospital, Nishinomiya, Japan

Makoto Beppu, Takayuki Fukuzaki, Takashi Nakamura, Masahiko Yamamoto, Sekizo Taniguchi

Our review of the cases of segmental primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) in Japanese literature has found nineteen cases, of which our own case in 1976 has been in good health for fifteen years and three months after resection.
The prognostic study was possible in sixteen cases. In twelve cases the lesions were resected. Ten of twelve are found in good health, the average length of survival being nine years and one month. There are two cases of death and the causes are unknown. The unresected cases (4 out of 16) are all dead. It is concluded that the prognosis of segmental PSC is good if the lesion is resected.

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