Cholangitis

Definition: Inflammation of biliary tracts.

Types

 acute cholangitis
 chronic cholangitis

• lymphocytic cholangitis
• sclerosing cholangitis

Etiology (Exemples)

 genetic cholangitis
 infectious cholangitis

• viral cholangitis
  • adenoviral cholangitis

 dysimmune cholangitis (auto-immune cholangitis)

Localization

 intra-hepatic cholangitis

• portal cholangitis (interlobular biliary tract)

 extra-hepatic cholangitis (angiocholitis)