title: Granular cell tumor of the common bile duct: a Japanese case.
abstract: Granular cell tumor (GCT) of the biliary system is rare. It is reported that it occurs more commonly in young black women. We report here our seldom experience of a Japanese case in whom icterus was found as a first symptom just after a caesarean operation. A 36-year-old Japanese woman developed icterus after delivery by the Caesarean operation. A surgical operation was performed without can deny that there was a tumor-related change in a bile duct as a result of examination for various images. As a result of pathological evaluation, GCT was diagnosed. By the preoperative organization biomicroscopy result, it was not able to be attachd a right diagnosis. It was thought that this tumor, although rare, should be considered as one of the causes of biliary stenosis in the younger population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Chikamori Hospital, Kochi 780-8522, Japan. jun_sai.729@w2.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusanagi
authors.forename: Nobuyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kano
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: So
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakaji
authors.forename: Nobuto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Kazuei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000209:etiology; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D016586:Granular Cell Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy