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Six patients with PSC have been diagnosed and followed up at a centre in Northern India for periods upto 4 years. They all presented with cholestatic jaundice and cholangitis, but one of them subsequently presented with variceal haemorrhage. Cholangiographic features were the most characteristic and included irregular narrowing and segmental dilatation of the biliary radicles giving them a beaded appearance. Treating them was most frustrating. Two of them died of hepatic encephalopathy, others have also continued to be sick during the follow-up.
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Acharya, S.K., Vashisht, S. & Tandon, R.K. Primary sclerosing cholangitis in India. Gastroenterol Jpn 24, 75–79 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02774875
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