The objective of this study was to analyze the hepatic imaging findings concerning clinical data on clonorchiasis. From August 1994 to September 2009, 13 patients were diagnosed with hepatic clonorchiasis by identification of adult flukes in the biliary tract through biliary drainage and/or surgery at a single institution. We analyzed their medical records and imaging findings by cholangiograph...

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare but highly malignant neoplasm. Most cases are discovered incidentally in patients undergoing evaluation for gallstone disease. It believed that an unfavorable prognosis associated with RZD late stage at diagnosis, which due to both the anatomical position of gallbladder and vagueness non-specificity symptoms, increases relevance studying highlighting this topi...

This is a review of the diagnostic imaging techniques and findings of recurrent biliary cancer after surgical resection of the extrahepatic bile duct and gallbladder. Radiological examination plays an important role in diagnosing postoperative recurrence of biliary cancers. Early detection and diagnosis of recurrent cancer is critical in obtaining proper treatment and improves the prognosis. In...

Tumors arising in the pancreatico-biliary system arise from the same embryological source and share several similar clinical features. For both sites, the mortality rate is high and early diagnosis is difficult. Despite these similarities, there are clear epidemiologic differences between cancers of the biliary tract and cancers of the pancreas. Gallbladder cancer is more frequent in females, w...

Biliary tract cancers carry dismal prognoses. It is commonly understood that chromosomal aberrations in cancer cells have prognostic and therapeutic implications. However, in biliary tract cancers the genetic changes have not yet been sufficiently studied. The aim of this study was to clarify the presence of mutations in specific chromosomal regions that are likely to harbor previously unknown ...

BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of biliary cancers is ill-defined. This study investigates changes in gene expression and copy number in biliary cancers and correlates these changes with anatomical site of origin, histopathology and outcome. METHODS We performed gene expression and CGH analysis on 34 biliary tract cancer specimens. Results were confirmed by RT-PCR. Clinical-pathologic correlation...