| Define: | A liver cirrhosis characterized by chronic and slow progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts. | FIBROSIS of the hepatic parenchyma due to obstruction of BILE flow (CHOLESTASIS) in the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts (BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC). Primary biliary cholangitis involves the destruction of small intra-hepatic bile ducts and decreased bile secretion. Secondary biliary cholangitis is produced by prolonged obstruction of large intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts from a variety of causes. |
| Alias: | biliary liver cirrhosis//cholestatic cirrhosis//chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis | Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary//Liver Cirrhoses, Biliary//Biliary Cirrhosis//Cirrhosis, Biliary//Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary, 1//Secondary Biliary Cholangitis//Biliary Cholangitis, Secondary//Cholangitis, Secondary Biliary//Secondary Biliary Cholangitides//Liver Cirrhosis, Obstructive//Obstructive Liver Cirrhosis//Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis//Biliary Cirrhosis, Secondary//Cirrhosis, Secondary Biliary//Primary Biliary Cholangitis//Biliary Cholangitides, Primary//Biliary Cholangitis, Primary//Cholangitides, Primary Biliary//Cholangitis, Primary Biliary//Primary Biliary Cholangitides//Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary//Cholangitis, Chronic Nonsuppurative Destructive//Primary Biliary Cirrhosis |