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oriental cholangio-hepatitis

(Science: radiology) Recurrent pyogenic hepatitis, pyogenic cholangitis, seen in Orient and in Asian immigrants, aetiology: Clonorchis sinensis (?), stones, dilated ducts filled with stones, soft, pigmented stones most likely to be no shadow on ultrasound, stricture, obstruction, abscess, increased incidence of cholangiocarcinomarcinoma differential diagnosis: sclerosing cholangitis, caroli disease