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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Liver Dis. 2012 Apr 6;16(2):199–229. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2012.03.012

Table 3.

Causes of Cholestatic Liver Disease

INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS

Hepatitis: Viral (B,C), Alcoholic Extrinsic Obstruction
Genetic:  - stones
 - Benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis Malignancy
 - Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis  - Pancreas
 - Dubin-Johnson, Rotor’s Syndrome  - Gall bladder
 - Drugs and hebal remedies  - Metastatic
Pregnancy  - Cholangiocarcinoma
PBC  - Ampullary cancer
PSC Pancreatitis
Granulomatous liver disease Pancreatic pseudocyst
 - Infections Parasitic Infection
 - Sarcoidosis Secondary sclerosis (surgery, chemotherapy)
Infiltrative:
 - Amyloidosis
 - Lymphoma
Idiopathic Adult Ductopenia
Autoimmune Cholangitis (PSC-like)
Autoimmune Cholangiopathy (PBC-like)
Prolonged TPN
Postoperative state
Sepsis
Malignancy
 - Hepatocellular
 - Metastatic