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Prof. Ziv Ben-Ari
Liver InstituteRabin Medical Center
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Cholestatic Liver Diseases
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
(PSC)
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Case Presentation 1
A 36 years old male
Israeli origin
Was diagnosed 6 years ago as inflammatory
bowel disease (ulcerative colitis)
Pancolitis, 4 years in remission
Treatment rafassal 500mg x4/d
A cousin ,was diagnose 1 year ago ascrohns disease
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Case Presentation 1 cont
On routine check up:
Hepatomegaly 3cm below costal margin
No other stigmata of chronic liver disease
Increase serum cholestatic liver enzymes:
Alk phos 420U/l, GGT 400U/l, AST 42U/l, ALT
50U/l, total bilirubin 1.1 mg/dl, albumin
4.1g/dl, other chemistry results normal, CBCnormal
Increased serum cholestatic Vs. hepatocellular liver enzymes
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
Definition and epidemiology
PSC is a rare but important cause of chronic liverdisease
The disease is characterized by chronic
inflammation and obliterative fibrosis of the intra-and/or extra-hepatic biliary tree which leads to bilestasis, hepatic fibrosis, and cirrhosis
This can be complicated by portal hypertension,hepatic failure requiring transplantation
First-degree relatives of patients with PSC have anearly 100-fold increased risk of developing PSC
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Annual incidence rates between 0.9 and 1.3 cases per 100,000 population
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Etiology
PSC occurs primarily in patients with underlyingIBD; 70% to 80% UC
2%-7.5% of patients with UC and 1.4% - 3.4% ofpatients with Crohns disease develop PSC
An increased prevalence of HLA alleles A1, B8, andDR3 is observed in PSC
An autoimmune disease
Homing of memory lymphocytes to the biliary tract;
Colonic inflammation produces memory T cells thathave the ability to bind biliary cells
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Pathogenesis
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ANA Ab and smooth muscle Ab occur in 20% - 50% of patients
AMA are rarely found in patients with PSC
The dominant autoantibodies in PSC is perinuclear antineutrophilic
autoantibodies (pANCA), which are found in approximately 80% of
patients but lack diagnostic specificity for PSC
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Normal ERCP
The gold standard for the diagnosis of PSC is ERCP
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Typical radiologic findings include multifocal strictures and dilation
involving the intrahepatic or extrahepatic biliary tract or both, thecharacteristic beads-on-a-string appearance
The gold standard for the diagnosis of PSC is ERCP
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Radiographic Features
ERCP is successful in 95% of cases
75% have involvement of both small
and large ducts, 15% small ducts only,
and 10% large ducts only.
Serious complication pancreatitis,
cholangitis, intestinal or bile duct
perforation, and bleeding. Risks greater
in patients with PSC
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MRCP is the best initial approach to diagnosis of PSC
Depicting ducts proximal to high grade strictures. Provides imaging of the rest of the abdomen.
MRCP is purely diagnostic, not allowing intervention.
The two methods yield similarsensitivity and specificity in demonstrating bile ductabnormalities leading to the diagnosis of PSC
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Periductal fibrosis with inflammation,
bile duct proliferation, and ductopenia.
Fibro-obliterative cholangiopathy,
periductal fibrosis (onion-skinning)
the pathologic hallmark of PSC, is
uncommonly observed (13.8%)
The histologic findings of PSC are nonspecific
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CLINICAL FEATURES
Males are twice as commonly affected as females, between25-45 years of age
Majority are asymptomatic 15%- 40% of cases,
ALP is the most commonly elevated X 3-10 times
AST and ALT levels are usually X 2-3 higher than normallevels
Serum -globulin and IgA are increased in 40-50% Even asymptomatic the patient may have underlying
advanced liver disease: cirrhosis and portal hypertension
Fever, chills, right upper quadrant pain,
itching and jaundice: ascending cholangitis
One third episodes of bacterial cholangitis especiallyfollowing biliary interventions in patients with dominantstenosis
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Clinical Manifestations
Fatigue and pruritus are common
Jaundice and weight loss, or portal hypertension
in advanced stages. A rare presentation variceal
hemorrhage, end-stage liver disease, or
cholangiocarcinoma
Serum bilirubin usually is normal or slightly
elevated, in advanced disease, superimposedmalignancy, or choledocholithiasis, serum
bilirubin values can reach very high levels
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Clinical Presentation of PSC
Symptom
Jaundice
Pruritus
Abdominal pain
Weight loss
Fatigue
Fever/cholangitis
Asymptomatic
% of pts
30-72
28-69
24-72
29-79
65-66
13-45
7-44
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Natural history of PSC
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Survival in PSC
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PSC and IBD
70% patients with PSC have IBD as well, typically UCand less commonly Crohns disease with colonicinvolvement
IBD is diagnosed before PSC in 75% of cases andafterward in the remainder
There is no correlation between the severity of PSCand that of the associated IBD
IBD in PSC is characterized by a high prevalence ofpancolitis
PSC-IBD patients require thorough colonoscopicsurveillance with extensive biopsy sampling
Therapy of IBD has little effect on the course of PSC,and vice versa
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Colonic neoplasia
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Colorectal neoplasia in PSC-IBD
The cumulative incidences of colorectal carcinoma at 10, 20, and 25 years
in PSC-IBD patients are 5%, 31%, and 50%, respectively
Ch l i i
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Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) occurring in 4%- 20% of PSC patients;30% to 50% diagnosed within 2 years of identifying PSC
Serum CA19-9 remains the most used marker for a cutoff of 129U/mL provided sensitivity of 78.6%, specificity of 98.5%
US, CT, and MRI have inadequate sensitivity to distinguishcholangiocarcinoma from PSC
Endoscopic biopsy and biliary brushing for cytology, digital imageanalysis, and FISH have good specificity but poor sensitivity
Complete resection is the only treatment offering long-term survival Treatment : Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy with subsequent liver
transplantation
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Ursodeoxycholic Acid (UDCA)
A non-hepato-toxic,hydrophilic bile acid
It protects cell membranes against the
detergent effect of hydrophobic bile acid
It stimulates the excretion of toxic bile acids
Reduce HLA class 2 experssion on bile-ducts
Decrease cytotoxic attack of T-cells on bile-
ducts
Immunosuppressive and other agents
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Immunosuppressive and other agents
Ursodeoxycholic acid (cont)
A choleretic effect, direct and indirect cytoprotective effects,immunomodulatory effects, and downregulation of apoptosis
Treatment with standard-dose (10-15 mg/kg) UDCA did notshow significant improvements in histology or survival
High-dose UDCA (2030 mg/kg) might cause an improvement in
liver biochemistry, histology, and cholangiographicappearance???.
Ineffective: D-penicillamine, Colchicine, methotrexate,cyclosporine, and transdermal nicotine, pentoxifylline,silymarin, oral nicotine, pirfenidone, budesonide, cladribine,etanercept, mycophenolate mofetil, glucocorticoids andtacrolimus
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Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation remains the only
proven long term treatment for PSC
Major indications include: recurrent bacterialcholangitis despite intensive medical and
endoscopic therapy, jaundice that cannot betreated endoscopically or medically,decompensated cirrhosis
The 1-, 2-, and 5-year survival rates for
patients who received a first liver allograft forPSC were 90%, 86%, and 85%, respectively
PSC recurred in 37% of patients at a medianof 36 months
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PSC patients survival after liver transplantation
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In our patient
Previous diagnosis of IBD
Increased cholestatic liver enzymes
Hepatomegaly
Proceed to ERCP/MRCP (preferable)
No need for a liver biopsy for diagnosing
PSC
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In our patient
URSO (25mg/kg) (select the higher dose)
Periodical follow-up visits to
hepatology/GI clinic
In case liver cirrhosis develop considerliver transplantation
Check periodically serum markers for
cholangiocarcinoma (CA19-9)
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Case Presentation 2
46 years old female
Born in Ucreinia, 32 years in Israel
Medical history: rec UTIs
On routine check-up tests incrased serumcholestatic liver enzymes : ALP 480U/L,
GGT 380U/L, normal transaminases, total
bilirubin 1mg/dl, albumin 4.1g/dl, protein
8.1g/dl
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Case Presentation 1cont
Medical history: no pruritus, rec UTI due to
E. coli, no drugs, mother had hypothyroidism
Laboratory tests: autoAbs
(ANA,AMA,ANCA), Igs (IgG&IgM), r/o otheretiologies, serology for hepatitis C and B
Imaging abdominal U/S
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
A slowly progressive autoimmune disease, primarily affectswomen
Peak incidence in the fifth decade of life, uncommon < 25 years
Histopathologically characterized by portal inflammation andimmune-mediated destruction of the intrahepatic bile ducts
Loss of bile ducts leads to decreased bile secretion and theretention of toxic substances within the liver, resulting infibrosis, cirrhosis, and eventually, liver failure
Serologically characterized by AMA, present in 90 95% ofpatients, detectable years before clinical signs appear
The immune attack is predominantly organ-specific, althoughthe AMA are found in all nucleated cells
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The prevalence differs considerably in different geographic areas, ranging from 40 to
400 per million
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Pathogenesis
The paradox of PBC is thatmitochondrial proteins are present
in all nucleated cells, yet the
autoimmune attack is directed with
high specificity to the biliary epithelium.
The specificity of pathological changes
in the bile ducts, the presence of
lymphoid infiltration in the portal tracts,
and the presence of major-histocompatibility
-complex class II antigen on the biliary
epithelium suggest that an intense
autoimmune response is directed
against the biliary epithelial cells.
The destruction of biliary cells is
mediated by liver-infiltrating
autoreactive T cells
E id i l i d ti f t
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Epidemiologic and genetic factors
PBC is considerably more common in first-degree relatives ofpatients than in unrelated persons
There is little association between PBC and the presence of anyparticular major-histocompatibility-complex alleles
There are no clear genetic influences on the occurrence
of PBC
The ratio of women to men with the disease can be as high as
10 to 1
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Environmental factors
Molecular mimicry is the most widely proposed
mechanism for the initiation of autoimmunity in PBC
Bacteria; E coli, elevated incidence of urinary tractinfections in patients with PBC and the highly conserved
nature of the mitochondrial autoantigens autoantigens.Antibodies against the human pyruvate dehydrogenasecomplex react well against the E. colipyruvatedehydrogenase complex
Xenobiotic-metabolizing, gram-negative bacterium called
Novosphingobium aromaticivorans. it has four lipoyldomains with striking homology with human lipoylatedautoantigens
Pathological findings
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The liver is not affected uniformly, and a single biopsy
may demonstrate the presence of all four stages at the
same time. Asymmetric destruction of the bile ducts
within the portal triads
Pathological findings
Stage 1 localization of inflammation to theportal triads. In stage 2, the number of normalbile ducts is reduced, and inflammation extendsbeyond the portal triads into the surrounding
parenchyma. In stage 3, fibrous septa linkadjacent portal triads. Stage 4 represent end-stage liver disease, characterized by cirrhosiswith regenerative nodules
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Diagnosis
The diagnosis of PBC is based on threecriteria: the presence of detectable AMA inserum, elevation of liver enzymes (mostcommonly ALP) for more than six months,
and compatible histologic findings 5-10 % of patients have no detectable AMA,
but their disease appears to be identical tothat in patients with AMA
ANA are found in approximately 50 % ofpatients with PBC
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Mitochondrial Antibodies
Circulating IgG Ab against
mitochondria are found in 95% of
patients
They are non-organ and non-species
specific. The significance of the AMA
and its relationship to the etiology is
uncertain
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The targets of the AMA are members of
the family of the pyruvate dehydrogenase
complex (PDC)
These target antigens are located
in the inner mitochondrial membrane
The dominant epitope recognized by AMA is located within the lipoyl domain
he antigenic component specific for PBC is M2
Four M2 antigen polypeptides were identified, all components of the PDC
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Clinical findings
PBC is diagnosed earlier in its clinical
course; 50 -60% of patients are
asymptomatic at diagnosis, one third of
patients may remain symptom-free for manyyears
Overt symptoms develop within 2-4 years in
the majority of asymptomatic patients
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Asymptomatic patient
Routine biochemical screening: ALP&GGT
Survival at least 10 years
Course is variable and unpredictable
Some will stay asymptomatic and some
will run a progressive downhill course
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Fatigue has been noted in up to 78 % of patients and can be a
significant cause of disabilityPruritus occurs in 20-70 % of patients, can be the mostdistressing symptom. Onset usually precedes the onset of
jaundice by months to years. Endogenous opioids may have arole
Discomfort in the right upper quadrant occurs in approximately
10% of patients
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Clinical findings
Hyperlipidemia, osteopenia/osteophorosis, andcoexisting autoimmune diseases, including Sjogrenssyndrome, scleroderma and hypothyroidism
Malabsorption, deficiencies of fat-soluble vitamins, andsteatorrhea are uncommon except in advanced disease
Portal hypertension does not usually occur until later inthe course of the disease
Rarely, patients present with ascites, hepaticencephalopathy, or hemorrhage from esophagealvarices
The incidnece of hepatocellular carcinoma is elevatedamong patients with long-standing histologicallyadvanced disease
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Other diseases associated with PBCinclude interstitial pneumonitis,
celiac disease, sarcoidosis, renaltubular acidosis, hemolytic anemia, andautoimmune thrombocytopenia
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Physical Examination
Normal in early disease stage
Might be later: jaundice, hyperpigmentation,
xanthelasmas, tendinous & planar
xanthomas, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly,clubbing, bone tenderness, ecchymoses
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Biochemical tests
ALP and GGT and bilirubin Cholesterol IgM
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Diagnosis
Middle-aged woman
Increase cholestatic liver enzymes
(ALP&GGT)
AMA (M2) positive (>1:80)
Liver biopsy could be performed to
confirm the diagnosis and for
staging
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In Our Patient
A middle-aged asymptomatic women
Family history of thyroid disease
Past history of recurrent UTI
Elevated ALP & GGT
Positive M2, hypercholesterolemia, eyelid
xanthelasma
Normal liver & spleen (abdominal U/S)
Liver biopsy
N t l hi t d i
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Natural history and prognosis
The prognosis is much better now than itformerly was as a result of treatment inearlier stages of disease
In at least 25-30 % of patients with PBC whoare treated with URSO, a complete responseoccurs, characterized by normal biochemicaltest results and stabilized or improvedhistologic findings in the liver
In untreated patients, the median time untildeath or referral for liver transplantation isonly 9.3 years
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Survival of PBC patients asymptomatic and
symptomatic
Treatment of symptoms and complications
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y p ppruritus
Ammonium resin cholestyramine, at a dose of 8 to 24 g daily, willrelieve pruritus in most patients.
Rifampin, at a dose of 150 mg twice daily, is effective in patients
who do not respond to cholestyramine.
The opioid antagonists naloxone and naltrexone may be effective in
patients who do not respond to cholestyramine or rifampin
U d h li id (URSO)
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Ursodeoxycholic acid (URSO)
URSO 12-15 mg/kg per day, is the only approved drug
Improve biochemistry
URSO significantly reduced the likelihood of livertransplantation or death after four years
Ursodiol appears to be safe and has few side effects It delays the progression of hepatic fibrosis in early-stage
PBC and delays the development of esophageal varices,but it is not effective in advanced disease
Two meta-analyses questioned the efficacy of ursodiol Colchicine and methotrexate Cyclosporine,Azathioprine,
mycophenolate, Penicillamine , ChlorambucilThalidomide, Silymarin
Eff t UDCA i l
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UDCA-treated
Placebo group
Effect on UDCA on survival
Predicted group
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Steroids
Prednisone has little efficacy and
increases the incidence of osteoporosis
Budesonide improves liver histology and
the results of biochemical tests of liverfunction when used with URSO, but it may
worsen osteopenia
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Liver Transplantation
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Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation has greatly improved
survival in patients with PBC, and it is the
only effective treatment for those with liver
failure
The survival rates are 92% 85% at one
and five years, respectively
AMA status does not change. PBC recurs
in 15 % of patients at 3 years and in 30 %at 10 years
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In Our Patient
URSO in a dosage up to 15 mg/kg
until normalization of ALP & GGT achieved
Bone densitometry
Serum cholesterol control
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