Diagnostic approach to patients with cholestatic jaundice

cholestasis include pruritus, as in primary biliary c i r r h o s i s ( P B C ) a n d p r i m a r y s c l e r o s i n g cholangitis (PSC) patients [12] . Pruritus may be prominent in alcoholic hepatitis and has been reported in about 10% of patients with acute viral hepatitis [13] . Figure 1 Schematic of work-up of cholestatic jaundice. AFP, alpha-fetoprotein;