Biliary tract malignancy and chronic inflammation from the perspective of pancreaticobiliary maljunction.
This is a brief review of pancreaticobiliary maljunction. The basic treatment for this condition includes either cholecystectomy or extrahepatic bile duct resection. When the condition is accompanied by malignancies, a radical operation should be the first treatment option. Knowledge on molecular pathogenesis is gradually increasing. However, studies should be expanded to include larger patient cohorts, and other types of molecules should be carefully investigated and analyzed.
Kimura
Yasutoshi
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Department of Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. kimuray@sapmed.ac.jp
Nishikawa
Noriko
N
Okita
Kenji
K
Furuhata
Tomohisa
T
Mizuguchi
Toru
T
Nobuoka
Takayuki
T
Nishimori
Hidefumi
H
Zenbutsu
Hitoshi
H
Satoh
Masaaki
M
Katsuramaki
Tadashi
T
Hirata
Koichi
K
D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications; D007249:Inflammation; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D011230:Precancerous Conditions