A 40-year-old man known to have ulcerative colitis since he was a teenager was found to have cirrhosis and was scheduled to have a liver transplantation. What is the most likely liver disease that caused cirrhosis?
A. autoimmune hepatitis
B. primary biliary cirrhosis
C. primary sclerosing cholangitis
D. Budd-Chiari syndrome
E. steatohepatitis
C
Approximately 60% of all patients who have ulcerative colitis develop primary sclerosing cholangitis that will, over several years, progress to cirrhosis
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