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Granular cell myoblastoma of the common bile duct

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Two cases of granular cell myoblastoma of the common bile duct are reported. One tumor caused extrahepatic cholestasis and another was an incidental finding at autopsy. These are the second and third cases reported involving the common bile duct.

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  1. James J. Cerda MD

    Present address: Veterans Administration Hospital, 19104, Philadelphia, Pa

Authors and Affiliations

  1. From the Departments of Gastroenterology, and of Surgery, and the Ayer Clinical Laboratory, The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

    John T. Whitmore MD, John P. Whitley MD, Phillip LaVerde MD & James J. Cerda MD

  2. the Department of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA

    John T. Whitmore MD, John P. Whitley MD, Phillip LaVerde MD & James J. Cerda MD

  3. American Cancer Society, USA

    John P. Whitley MD

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Supported in part by US Public Health Service Research Grant FR-5590, from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources, NIH.

The authors are indebted to Drs. J. Paul Decker, Frank P. Brooks, and Ralph M. Myerson for their critical review of this paper, and to Dr. P. V. Skerrett for review of the pathologic material.

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Whitmore, J.T., Whitley, J.P., LaVerde, P. et al. Granular cell myoblastoma of the common bile duct. Digest Dis Sci 14, 516–520 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283892

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