A rare case of symptomatic grossly-visible biliary intraepithelial neoplasia mimicking cholangiocarcinoma

A rare case of symptomatic grossly-visible biliary intraepithelial neoplasia mimicking cholangiocarcinoma

Abstract Background Biliary intraepithelial neoplasia (BilIN) is often distinguished by what it is not: the precancerous lesions are not mass-forming, are not the cause of bile duct obstruction, and are small enough (less than 5 mm long) to evade detection by the naked eye. Here, we describe an atyp...

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Main Authors: Naohiro Yoshida, Takeshi Aoyagi, Yoshizo Kimura, Yoshiki Naito, Aya Izuwa, Kimihisa Mizoguchi, Kota Ishii, Yu Tanaka, Emi Ohnishi, Shun Miura, Satoshi Shimamura, Nobuhisa Shirahama, Kazuhisa Kaneshiro, Akihiro Saruwatari, Ayako Iwanaga, Yoshihiko Sadakari, Gentaro Hirokata, Toshiro Ogata, Masahiko Taniguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Biliary intraepithelial neoplasia (BilIN)
Cholangiocarcinoma
Bile duct
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-019-1737-y

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