Eosinophilic Cholangitis and Cholangiopathy: A Sheep in Wolves Clothing

Table 1

All reported cases of eosinophilic cholangitis.

Case	Study	Gender age (yrs)		Presenting symptoms	Eos.	Treatment	Status
		Age	Sex
1	Rodgers et al., [2] 2001	50	F	Abdominal pain	No	Roux-en-Y, CE	NED, 2 mos
2	Matsumoto et al., [3] 2007	38	F	Abdominal pain, jaundice	Yes	CS	NED, 5 mos
3	Vauthey et al., [4] 2003	44	M	Abdominal pain, jaundice	Yes	CS	NED, 18 mos
4	Duseja et al., [8] 2005	16	F	Abdominal pain, jaundice	Yes	CS	NED, 12 mos
5	Leegaard, [9] 1980	46	M	Abdominal pain, jaundice	No	CE, CS	NED, 18 mos
6	Rosengart et al., [10] 1990	48	M	Abdominal pain, jaundice	No	CE	NED, 5 mos
7	Al-Abdulla et al., [11] 2000	42	F	Abdominal pain, jaundice	Yes	CE, CS	NED
8	Platt et al., [12] 1990	56	F	Jaundice, ureteric obstruction	No	CE	N/A
9	Schoonbroodt et al., [13] 1995	20	M	Jaundice, fever	Yes	CE, CS	Recurred in stomach
10	Grauer et al., [14] 1993	41	M	Abdominal pain, jaundice, fever	Yes	CS, Ursodiol	Recurred in kidney
11	Jimenez-Saenz et al., [15] 2003	67	F	Abdominal pain, jaundice	Yes	CE, CS	NED, 12 mos
12	Butler et al., [16] 1985	32	M	Abdominal pain	Yes	CE	NED, 24 mos
13	Tenner et al., [17] 1997	38	F	Abdominal pain	Yes	CE, CS	NED, 3 mos
14	Shanti et al., [18] 2001	33	M	Abdominal pain, jaundice	No	CE, hepatico-jejunostomy	NED, 3 mos
15	Shanti et al., [18] 2001	57	F	Abdominal pain, jaundice	No	Roux-en-Y	NED, 6 mos
16	Song et al., [19] 1997	48	F	Abdominal pain	Yes	CE, T-tube	NED, 9 mos
17	Scheurlen et al., [20] 1992	28	M	Abdominal pain, diarrhea	Yes	Hydroxurea	NED
18	Chen et al., [21] 2009	55	M	Jaundice	Yes	Roux-en-Y, CE, CS	NED, 9 mos
19	Jeyamani et al., [22] 2007	13	M	Fever	Yes	CS	Recurred in liver
20	Jeyamani et al., [22] 2007	26	M	Fever, pruritis	Yes	CS	NED, 6 mos
21	Sussman et al., [23] 2008	52	M	Abdominal pain, pruritis	Yes	CS, AZT, UDCA	NED
22	Raptou et al., [24] 2009	24	M	Abdominal pain, fever	Yes	Aspiration, Albendazole	NED
23	Current study, 2009	33	M	Jaundice, pruritis	No	Roux-en-Y, CE, portal lymph-adenectomy, common bile excision	NED, 13 mos

Note. Eos: Eosinophilia; CS: Corticosteroids; CE: Cholecystectomy; AZT: Azathioprine; UDCA: Ursodeoxycholic acid; N/A: Not available; NED: No evidence of disease.