cholangiolitis


Also found in: Medical.

cholangiolitis

[kə‚lan·jē·ə′līd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the bile capillaries.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
Histopathology has revealed cholestasis, cholangiolitis, and periductal fibrosis in few cases and acute cholestatic hepatitis has been reported rarely [5,10].
Portal inflammation Interface hepatitis Chronic persistent hepatitis Portal changes [4, 5, 7-10] Portal tract fibrosis Cholestasis Periductal fibrosis Cholangiolitis Lobular inflammation Focal necrosis Lobular changes [5, 8] Steatosis NAFL Hydropic degeneration Fibrosis [3, 5, 7-9] Bridging fibrosis Cirrhosis Abnormal vessels in portal tracts Arteritis Infarct due to arteritis Vascular changes Nodular regenerative hyperplasia [5,10,12-15,17] Haemangioma Hepatic congestion Peliosis hepatis Table 2: Associated liver pathology in patients of SLE.