A case of localized primary sclerosing cholangitis mimicking intrahepatic bile duct cancer.
Hepatol Res
; 20(2): 259-264, 2001 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-11348861
ABSTRACT
A 75-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis was regularly followed-up in our hospital. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an obviously enlarged intrahepatic bile duct in the posterior branch of the left lateral segment. Percutaneous cholangiography revealed an enlarged posterior branch of the left lateral segment and a narrow stenotic region at the root of this branch. We diagnosed her as having intrahepatic bile duct cancer, and a left lateral segmentectomy of the liver was performed. However, microscopic examination of the resected specimens revealed peribiliary fibrosis in the stenotic bile duct and other areas of the intrahepatic bile duct with no malignant cells. Thus, the final diagnosis was made to be primary sclerosing cholangitis. We must consider primary sclerosing cholangitis in the differential diagnosis of localized stenosis of the intrahepatic bile duct.
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Hepatol Res
Ano de publicação:
2001
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Japão