Primary sclerosing cholangitis physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]

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Some of the physical examination findings in primary sclerosing cholangitis include hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, ascites, jaundice and fever.

Physical examination in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis may reveal the following:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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↑ Lazaridis KN, LaRusso NF (2016). "Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 375 (12): 1161–70. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1506330. PMID 27653566.
↑ Tischendorf JJ, Hecker H, Krüger M, Manns MP, Meier PN (2007). "Characterization, outcome, and prognosis in 273 patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis: A single center study". Am. J. Gastroenterol. 102 (1): 107–14. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00872.x. PMID 17037993.
↑ Silveira MG, Lindor KD (2008). "Primary sclerosing cholangitis". Can. J. Gastroenterol. 22 (8): 689–98. PMC 2661291. PMID 18701947.