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IBD patients with raised GGT should be screened for primary sclerosing cholangitis

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eMediNexus    06 August 2018

In a study published July 31, 2018 in Digestive and Liver Disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) was detected on magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) in one tenth of patients with inflammatory bowel disease who also showed abnormal LFTs. The study further recommends that MRC should be systematically performed in IBD patients with abnormal LFTs, especially if gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is high.

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