Mitsuru Kinoshita, Yutaka Takeda, Yoshiaki Ohmura, Yoshiteru Katsura, Go Shinke, Shu Aoyama, Yukari Kihara, Kiminori Yanagisawa, Shinsuke Katsuyama, Ryo Ikeshima, Masayuki Hiraki, Keijiro Sugimura, Toru Masuzawa, Taishi Hata, Kohei Murata
A 91-year-old man had a history of cholecystectomy and choledochostomy for cholecystolithiasis and choledocholithiasis. Eleven years earlier, intrahepatic stones were found in the posterior bile duct, and he did not wish to undergo treatment. Over time, worsening of the intrahepatic stones and dilation of the intrahepatic bile duct were observed. At 91 years old, enhanced abdominal CT revealed wall thickening of the hilar bile duct, and MRCP showed stenosis of the hilar bile duct. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography showed no contrast in the right intrahepatic bile duct and marked dilation of the left intrahepatic bile duct...
April 2024: Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy