Adenocarcinoma in biliary papillomatosis.
A patient with multicentric biliary papillomatosis associated with invasive adenocarcinoma of the bile duct is reported. This case documents the progression to malignancy of a lesion generally thought to be benign. It serves to alert clinicians to a rare but important cause of recurrent biliary obstruction. The literature on this entity is reviewed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010212:Papilloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography