Intra- or extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are the second most common primary liver malignancies behind hepatocellular carcinoma. Whereas the incidence for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is rising, the occurrence of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is trending downwards. The treatment of choice for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma remains liver resection. However, a case of liver resection after...

Cholangiolocellular carcinoma is a minor primary cancerous tumor of the liver and its coexistence with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the liver is rare. We herein report a case of concurrent cholangiolocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in the liver, in addition to a rectal G1 neuroendocrine tumor, a so-called carcinoid. The intrahepatic tumors showed a different uptake ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the MR spectrum and MR cholangiographic imaging findings of clonorchiasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed 26 patients with confirmed clonorchiasis by either stool tests (n=24) or surgery (n=2). MR imaging was performed on a 1.5 T system (GE Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI) with a torso coil. Axial T1- and T2-weighted, gadolinium-enhanced d...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate postpartum blood loss in women with treated intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. METHODS In a retrospective case-control study, 15,083 deliveries including 348 women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (2.3%) were analyzed from 2004 to 2014. To adjust for differences in baseline characteristics, a propensity analysis was performed and women in the control group ...

A 40-year old woman presented with symptomatic intrahepatic gallstones in one liver segment only four years after cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis. Multiple small, yellow and round calculi were completely removed from the intrahepatic bile ducts via ERCP. The young age of the patient, recurrence of gallstones after cholecystectomy and intrahepatic gallstones suggested a subtype of the low-pho...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to investigate the relationships of intrahepatic cccDNA with serum HBsAg and with HBV DNA in treatment-naive patients throughout acute and chronic HBV infection. METHODS A total of 120 patients who had a liver biopsy were enrolled, including 19 with acute hepatitis B (AHB), and 101 patients with chronic HBV infection (CHB) of whom were 10 in immune-tolerant (IT) ph...

Intrahepatic lithiasis is a rare condition in Western countries, and the majority of reported cases to date have been associated with extrahepatic biliary tract gallstones and hereditary cystic disorders, such as Caroli disease. The usual clinical presentation consists of repeated episodes of cholangitis, which can be complicated by liver abscess and sepsis. The management of intrahepatic galls...

Intrahepatic cholestasis is a rare but potentially fatal complication of sickle cell disease [1]. Sickle cell intrahepatic cholestasis (SCIC) is characterised by right upper quadrant pain, hepatomegaly and progressive hyperbilirubinaemia. To date 15 adult patients have been reported in the literature and only six survived [2]. We present a case of haemoglobin S/Beta thalassaemia with intrahepat...

BACKGROUND/AIMS We experimented with different ablation methods and two types of microwave antennas to determine whether microwave ablation (MWA) increases intrahepatic pressure and to identify an MWA protocol that avoids increasing intrahepatic pressure. METHODS MWA was performed using either a single-step standard ablation or a stepwise increment ablation paired with either a 16-gauge (G) 2...