title: [Biliary papillomatosis is a rare cause of intermittent obstructive icterus].
abstract: Over a five-year period a 67 year-old male had been experiencing recurring bouts of biliary obstruction with occasional superimposed cholangitis. Renewed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography revealed amorphous filling defects and excessive mucinous discharge from the papilla of Vater. Subsequent choledochoscopy demonstrated exophytic papillomatous lesions in the common and left hepatic bile duct. An extended left hemihepatectomy and resection of the common hepatic bile duct was performed. Histological examination revealed biliary papillomatosis - a rare lesion believed to be premalignant.
authors: Kirurgisk Gastroenterologisk Klinik C, Abdominalcentret, Rigshospitalet, 2100 København Ø, Denmark.
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: Veedfald
authors: Ben
authors: B
authors: Vainer
authors: André
authors: A
authors: Wettergren
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery