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Cholangiocarcinoma arising after biliary-enteric drainage procedures for benign disease
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- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016Late development of cholangiocarcinoma after hepaticojejunostomy due to ampulary carcinomaShow More
Dear Editor
We read with great interest the article by Bettschart et al,[1] discussing an increase of cholangiocarcinoma incidence after biliary-enteric drainage for benign disease.
In their hypothesis, changes in the biliary epithelium were induced by toxic carcinogenesis due to reflux of intestinal contents and bile stasis. However, this chronic irritation and carcinogenesis of the biliary mucosa a...
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