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====Diagnosis==== | ====Diagnosis==== | ||
*'''Diagnosed radiologically'''. | *'''Diagnosed radiologically'''. | ||
**Classically described as a ''chain of lakes''. | |||
*Liver biopsy is rarely useful diagnostically<ref name=emed_psc>Khurana V, Singh T. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. eMedicine.com. URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/187724-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/187724-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 29 November 2009.</ref> - as the disease may be patchy. | *Liver biopsy is rarely useful diagnostically<ref name=emed_psc>Khurana V, Singh T. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. eMedicine.com. URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/187724-diagnosis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/187724-diagnosis]. Accessed on: 29 November 2009.</ref> - as the disease may be patchy. | ||
**The utility of the biopsy is staging. | **The utility of the biopsy is staging. | ||