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Also known as bile occlusion, obstruction of bile duct

Cholestasis is a condition where the flow of bile from the liver to the duodenum is impaired. The two basic distinctions are:

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Cholestasis
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Micrograph showing bile (yellow) stasis in liver tissue, i.e. cholestasis. H&E stain.
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Gastroenterology

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Cholestasis
NCI Thesaurus ID
C83006
ICD-9-CM
576.2
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Contents
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Causes
  • Drug-induced cholestasis
  • Rare causes of cholestasis
  • Primary biliary cholangitis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Familial intrahepatic cholestasis
  • Alagille syndrome
  • Sepsis
  • TPN-based cholestasis
  • Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (obstetric cholestasis)
  • Mechanism
  • Mechanisms of drug-induced cholestasis
  • Diagnosis
  • Biomarkers
  • Imaging
  • Histopathology
  • Management
  • Surgical management
  • Medical management
  • Research directions
  • Peroxisomes receptor agonists
  • Farnesoid X-receptor agonist
  • 24-norursodeoxycholic acid
  • Immunomodulatory treatments
  • Gut microbiome
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Cholestasis is a condition where the flow of bile from the liver to the duodenum is impaired. The two basic distinctions are: obstructive type of cholestasis, where there is a mechanical blockage in the duct system that can occur from a gallstone or malignancy, and metabolic type of cholestasis, in which there are disturbances in bile formation that can occur because of genetic defects or acquired as a side effect of many medications.

Classification is further divided into acute or chronic and extrahepatic or intrahepatic.

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