title: Cholangiographic appearance simulating sclerosing cholangitis in metastatic adenocarcinoma of the liver.
abstract: Three patients with liver metastases and clinical and biochemical signs of cholestasis are reported in this study. In the three patients, cholangiography showed shifted and stretched intrahepatic bile ducts and multifocal strictures simulating intrahepatic primary sclerosing cholangitis. In two patients, histological examination showed periductal fibrosis or inflammation. Hepatic metastases should be included among the conditions considered to simulate intrahepatic primary sclerosing cholangitis during cholangiography.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vilgrain
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erlinger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belghiti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Degott
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Menu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nahum
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D000368:Aged; D002758:Cholangiography; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged