Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis: Clinical characteristics of a new subtype of acute cholangitis
Rong-Tao Zhu a , b , c ,Ye Li d , Chi-Xian Zhang a , b , c , Wei-Jie Wang a , b , c , Ruo-Peng Liang a , b , c , Jian Li a , b , c , Kai Bai a , b , c , Yu-Ling Sun a , b , c , ∗
a Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
b Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Zhengzhou 450052, China
c Institute of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
d Department of Pathology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
∗Corresponding author at: Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
E-mail address: ylsun@zzu.edu.cn (Y.-L. Sun).
Abstract：Background: Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis (ASTC) is rarer than acute obstructive cholangitis and is not well studied. To explore this subtype of acute cholangitis, we described our clinical experience with ASTC.
Methods: We performed a retrospective review of patients with ASTC admitted to our center from September 2014 to August 2020. We analyzed their clinical characteristics, including etiology, clinical manifestations, imaging features, treatment and prognosis.
Results: A total of 32 ASTC patients were included in the analysis. The majority of the patients had a history of biliary operations, and clinical manifestations were occult and atypical. The positive rate of bacterial culture was 46.9%. All the patients had typical imaging features on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Treatment with effective antibiotics was provided as soon as diagnosis was established. After treatment, most patients had a good outcome. Elevated levels of total bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, procalcitonin and gamma-glutamyltransferase were the characteristics of critically ill patients and were associated with relatively poor prognosis.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrated that ASTC should be recognized as a new subtype of acute cholangitis, and that earlier diagnosis and more personalized treatments are needed.
. [J]. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int, 2024, 23(3): 293-299.
Zhu RT, Li Y, Zhang CX, Wang WJ, Liang RP, Li J, Bai K, Sun YL. Acute suppurative terminal cholangitis: Clinical characteristics of a new subtype of acute cholangitis. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int, 2024, 23(3): 293-299.
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