Main description:

This text provides a state-of-the art review of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). The volume focuses on new data about risk factors for PSC, its natural history of the disease, and the epidemiology and genetics of PSC, while providing a comprehensive overview on current and future therapies for PSC, management of cholangiocarcinoma, and other hepatobiliary malignancies. It also touches upon up-to-date surgical and endoscopic management, including liver transplantation- both deceased donor and living related liver transplantation. Written by experts in the field, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Current Understanding, Management, and Future Developments is a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons and researchers with an interest in biliary liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and liver transplantation.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Natural History of Primary Sclerosing CholangitisChristopher L. Bowlus Chapter 2 Malignancy and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Cholangiocarcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Gallbladder CarcinomaLarissa Muething, James R. Burton, Jr
Chapter 3 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis-Associated Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBlair Fennimore, Emilie H. Regner, Mark E. Gerich
Chapter 4 Overlap Syndromes of Primary Sclerosing CholangitisAlbert J. Czaja
Chapter 5 IgG4-Related Sclerosing CholangitisTamsin Cargill, Emma L. Culver, Roger W. Chapman
Chapter 6 Pediatric Primary Sclerosing CholangitisDania Molla-Hosseini, Cara L. Mack
Chapter 7 Cholangiocyte BiologyLorena Loarca1, Maria Jose Lorenzo Pisarello, Leslie Morton, Bing Q. Huang, Steven O'Hara, Patrick Splinter, Nicholas LaRusso
Chapter 8 Genetics of Primary Sclerosing CholangitisTom H. Karlsen, Gideon M. Hirschfield
Chapter 9 Immunology of Primary Sclerosing CholangitisJohn M. Vierling
Chapter 10 Pruritus in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: New Insights into Cause and TreatmentMark G. Swain
Chapter 11 Ursodeoxycholic Acid Treatment in Primary Sclerosing CholangitisJames H. Tabibian, Keith D. Lindor

Chapter 13 Noninvasive Imaging of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A Radiologic PerspectivePaul D. Russ
Chapter 14 Endoscopic Evaluation and Management of Primary Sclerosing CholangitisHazem T. Hammad, Raj J. Shah
Chapter 15 Percutaneous Biliary Intervention in Patients with Primary Sclerosing CholangitisThor Johnson, Janette D. Durham
Chapter 16 Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing CholangitisTrevor Nydam
Chapter 17 Recurrent Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis after Liver TransplantationJames Trotter