Hepatobiliary complications of inflammatory bowel disease.

A variety of biliary and hepatocellular diseases occur with increased incidence in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. These include fatty infiltration of the liver, cholelithiasis, pericholangitis-primary sclerosing cholangitis, cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis, liver abscess, amyloidosis, granulomatous hepatitis, and bile duct carcinoma. Radiography is essential in accurate diagnosis.