SO-CALLED CHOLANGEITIS LENTA: REPORT OF A CASE DYING WITH ULCERATIVE ENDOCARDITIS
Authors: O. H. Perry Pepper
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Reports1 September 1939SO-CALLED CHOLANGEITIS LENTA: REPORT OF A CASE DYING WITH ULCERATIVE ENDOCARDITISO. H. PERRY PEPPER, M.D., F.A.C.P.O. H. PERRY PEPPER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-3-530 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptChronic cholangeitis is one of those subjects about which everyone knows the same facts—but no one knows very many. Opinions differ in the current textbooks: Osler states that chronic cholangeitis may possibly occur as a sequel to an acute process but that it is usually secondary to common duct obstruction; Meakins relates it to a previous acute cholangeitis; Rehfuss, to acute cholecystitis or common duct obstruction. Bloomfield does not discuss the chronic forms. Stengel and Kern in the Nelson System describe only catarrhal jaundice and suppurative cholangeitis.Rolleston and McNee,1Samuel Weiss2and other writers of authoritative monographs divide the...References1. ROLLESTONMCNEE HJW: Diseases of the liver, gall bladder and bile ducts, 3d ed., 1929, Macmillan and Company, New York. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WEISS S: Diseases of the liver, gall bladder, ducts and pancreas. Their diagnosis and treatment, 1935, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., New York. Google Scholar3. HELD IW: Gall bladder disease with atypical symptoms, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1935, xix, 649. Google Scholar4. EUSTERMAN GB: Diseases of the digestive system and metabolism, Year Book Gen. Med., 1934. Google Scholar5. HARNISCH P: Über Cholangitis lenta, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1933, clxxvi, 81. Google Scholar6. SCHOTTMÜLLER : Über Cholangitis, Dem. Aerz. Ver. Mamburg, München. med. Wchnschr., 1921, li, 1667. Google Scholar7. EICKHOFF F: Ueber chronische Cholangitis (Cholangitis lenta), Mitt. a. d. Grenzgeb. d. Med. u. Chir., 1922, xxxv, 439. Google Scholar8. LOEWENHARDT FE: Zur Frage der Cholangitis lenta, Klin. Wchnschr., 1923, ii, 192. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HEDINGER E: Cholangitis lenta, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1924, liv, 321. Google Scholar10. UMBER F: Zur Diagnose und Behandlung der Krankheiten der tieferen Gallenwege. Klinischer Vortrage, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1929, lv, 2167. Google Scholar11. D'ANTONA L: Epatocolangiti subacute e lente, Gior. d. med. prat., 1932, xiv, 443. Google Scholar12. RÖSSLE R: In Handbuch der spez. path. Anat. and Hist., 1930, v, 277, Henke and Lubarsch, Berlin. Google Scholar13. SOTGIU G: Intorno alle cosi dette colangie e colangiti lente. Studio critico e contributo clinico, Minerva med., 1933, i, 481. Google Scholar14. LA MANNA : Über die sogenannte Cholangitis lenta, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1936, ccxcviii, 515. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ROSENTHAL F: Diseases of the liver and biliary passages, 1934, Berlin. Google Scholar16. EPPINGER H: Die Leberkrankheiten, 1937, Springer, Wien. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication May 27, 1938. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBacterial Hepatitis: A Case Report on an Unrecognized Cause of Fever of Unknown OriginCholangiolitic Hepatitis 1 September 1939Volume 13, Issue 3Page: 530-535KeywordsEndocarditis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...