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To clarify the cholangiographic findings of early-stage (T1, tumor confined to the mucosal or fibromuscular layer) extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. Methods. Cholangiographic images were retrospectively analyzed without other information in 55 patients with extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma who underwent surgical treatment. Tumor stages were T1 (n = 10), T2 (n = 17), and T3 (n = 28). Cholangiographic findings were classified as "diffuse sclerosis," "stenosis," "papillary polypoid filling defect," or "nodular polypoid filling defect". "Papillary polypoid filling defect" was the term used when the width of the base was smaller than the width of the polypoid filling defect. Results. T1 patients showed papillary polypoid filling defects (n = 8) or nodular polypoid filling defects (n = 2) on cholangiography. When cholangiography showed papillary polypoid filling defects, 8 of the 14 resected patients showed T1 stage tumor histologically. Conclusions. In this study, 57% (8/14) of resected patients with papillary polypoid filling defects showed T1 stage tumor. No T1 stage tumor showed stenosis or diffuse sclerosis.
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Received: January 26, 2000 / Accepted: May 25, 2001
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Tamada, K., Tomiyama, T., Wada, S. et al. Cholangiographic findings of early-stage extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. J Gastroenterol 36, 837–841 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350170006
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