Clinicopathological characterization of so-called "cholangiocarcinoma with intraductal papillary growth" with respect to "intraductal papillary neoplasm of bile duct (IPNB)".

In conclusion, a majority of ICC of IG type and BTC of PG type could be regarded as a IPNB lineage, and clinically detectable IPNBs were already a malignant papillary lesion. PMID: 25031730 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25031730?dopt=Abstract

Source: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology - July 19, 2014 Category: Pathology Authors: Nakanuma Y, Sato Y, Ojima H, Kanai Y, Aishima S, Yamamoto M, Ariizumi S, Furukawa T, Hayashi H, Unno M, Ohta T, Hepatolithiasis Subdivision of Intractable Hepatobiliary Diseases Study Group of Japan (Chairman, Hirohito Tsubouchi) Tags: Int J Clin Exp Pathol Source Type: research