Etiology
- abdominal mass (e.g. cancer)
- biliary atresia and other pediatric liver diseases
- biliary trauma
- congenital anomalies of the biliary tract
- gallstones
- intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (obstetric cholestasis)
- primary biliary cirrhosis, an autoimmune disorder
- primary sclerosing cholangitis, associated with inflammatory bowel disease
- some drugs, (e.g. flucloxacillin and erythromycin)
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