Diagnosaurus
Primary biliary cirrhosis
DDx
- Secondary biliary cirrhosis: chronic obstruction due to stone, biliary stricture, bile duct carcinoma
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Infiltrative liver disease, eg, tuberculosis (TB), sarcoidosis, lymphoma, amyloidosis
- Cholestatic drug toxicity, eg, chlorpromazine
- Inflammatory bowel disease complicated by cholestatic liver disease
- Chronic hepatitis, eg, viral, autoimmune
- Fascioliasis (sheep liver fluke)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Primary Biliary Cirrhosis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114705/all/Primary_biliary_cirrhosis.
Zeiger RFR. Primary biliary cirrhosis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114705/all/Primary_biliary_cirrhosis. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Primary biliary cirrhosis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114705/all/Primary_biliary_cirrhosis
Zeiger RFR. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114705/all/Primary_biliary_cirrhosis.
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