Gut Inflammation in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Autoimmune Sclerosing Cholangitis-Contrasting Pattern of Liver-gut Cross Talk

Article history: Received 27 September 2015 Accepted 27 September 2015 Available online 30 September 2015 histologicallymild, the patients had comparable fecal calprotectin levels as patients with IBD alone. However, the findings in the small bowel on capsule endoscopy were different between these entities. Seven of the capsule endoscopy studies in the patients with AISC were abnormal with mucosal breaks which were seen predominantly in the distal ileum. On the other hand, all of the capsule endoscopy studies in the PSC patients were normal except for one patient who had features of