Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hepatolithiasis: an unusual association in Western countries.
Hepatolithiasis is uncommon in Western countries and the relationship with cholangiocarcinoma is unusual. We report the association of hepatolithiasis and a cholangiocarcinoma in a Caucasian patient with a 17-year history of recurrent pancreatitis associated with hepatolithiasis. We discuss work-up and surgical treatment, and stress the need to keep in mind the possible association between hepatolithiasis and cholangiocarcinoma even in Western countries.
D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D019366:Western World