Takahiro Korai, Yasutoshi Kimura, Kazunori Watanabe, Siew-Kee Low, Masafumi Imamura, Minoru Nagayama, Kazuharu Kukita, Takeshi Murakami, Toru Kato, Yuta Kondo, Daisuke Kyuno, Taro Sugawara, Ayako Murota, Yujiro Kawakami, Yoshiharu Masaki, Hiroshi Nakase, Ichiro Takemasa
BACKGROUND: Pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) is a known risk factor for biliary tract cancer. However, its association with carcinoma of the papilla of Vater (PVca) remains unknown. We report a case with PVca that was thought to be caused by the hyperplasia-dysplasia-carcinoma sequence, which is considered a mechanism underlying PBM-induced biliary tract cancer. CASE PRESENTATION: A 70-year-old woman presented with white stool and had a history of cholecystectomy for the diagnosis of a non-dilated biliary tract with PBM...
February 22, 2024: World Journal of Surgical Oncology