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Eosinophilic cholangitis with obstructive jaundice mimicking bile duct carcinoma

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

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A 55-year-old male who presented with obstructive jaundice and radiographically documented extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction is reported. Eosinophilic infiltration of the gallbladder, common bile duct, intrahepatic bile ducts, and bone marrow was observed. Eosinophilic cholangitis, a rare inflammatory condition that clinically resembles a biliary malignancy, should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis in the evaluation of presumed neoplasm of the bile ducts.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, No. 160, Sect. 3, Chung-Kang Road, Taichung, 40705, Taiwan

    Wei-Hsin Chen, Cheng-Chan Yu & Cheng-Chung Wu

  2. Department of Pathology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    Yee-Jee Jan

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Chen, WH., Yu, CC., Wu, CC. et al. Eosinophilic cholangitis with obstructive jaundice mimicking bile duct carcinoma. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 16, 242–245 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00534-008-0041-y

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