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Differential features of some unusual biliary tumors

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The clinical and radiographic features of several unusual tumors involving the biliary tract are reviewed. The differential diagnostic findings of granular cell myoblastoma, villous tumors, sarcoma botryoides, and carcinoid of the bile ducts on direct cholangiography are illustrated. Selected examples of secondary invasion of the biliary tract by hepatoma and metastatic lesions are also included.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

    Jeff O. Janes M.D. & Colby L. Laughlin

  2. Department of Radiology, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, 95945, Grass Valley, CA, USA

    Jeff O. Janes M.D.

  3. Department of Radiology, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, California

    Lawrence E. Goldberger & Robert N. Berk

  4. Departments of Radiology, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA

    Lawrence E. Goldberger

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Janes, J.O., Laughlin, C.L., Goldberger, L.E. et al. Differential features of some unusual biliary tumors. Gastrointest Radiol 7, 341–348 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01887668

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