Papillomatosis of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts with involvement of the pancreatic duct.
An 80-year-old patient presented with multiple biliary papillomatosis of both intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts, with focal epithelial dysplasia. After repeated attempts at drainage the patient died of a massive hemorrhage. The histology of this very unusual tumor is discussed, and a complete review of the literature is presented.
Hubens
G
G
Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Academic Hospital Free University Brussels, Belgium.
Delvaux
G
G
Willems
G
G
Bourgain
C
C
Klöppel
G
G
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000473:pathology*; D010212:Papilloma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*