Xanthogranulomatous choledochitis mimicking cholangiocarcinoma

Pathology International

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-215

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a,b   Goldar Najafi, Atoussa ^a   Nasser, Imad ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER SURGERY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHOGRANULOMA; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS CHOLEDOCHITIS;

AGED; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 2542527740     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2004.01610.x     Document Type: Letter

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