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Hepatolithiasis, cystic dilatation of bile ducts and the variable risk of cholangiocarcinoma. Re-evaluation of an old problem

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Patients and methods A review of the most recent findings concerning hepatolithiasis, cystic bile duct dilatation and the variable risk of cholangiocarcinoma is reported. In particular, data are reported concerning an Italian series of 107 out of 6745 consecutive patients with bile tract surgery, who had gallstones (GS) within the intrahepatic ducts. Fifteen of them had cystic dilatation of bile ducts (CBDD). All these patients had systematic bile culture and stone analysis by IR spectroscopy. The 107 patients underwent a follow-up period ranging between 1 and 20 years.

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    Francesco Cetta, Giulia Montalto, Claudio Baldi & Michele Zuckermann

  2. Institute of Surgical Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

    Gennaro Nuzzo

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Cetta, F., Montalto, G., Baldi, C., Zuckermann, M., Nuzzo, G. (1999). Hepatolithiasis, cystic dilatation of bile ducts and the variable risk of cholangiocarcinoma. Re-evaluation of an old problem. In: Zanella, E. (eds) Advances in Abdominal Surgery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4469-8_7

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