Cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a biliary tract cancer (BTC, see this term) originating in the epithelium of the biliary tree, either intra or extra hepatic.

Hepatic fibrosis

The presence of excessive fibrous connective tissue in the liver. Fibrosis is a reparative or reactive process.


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PMID (PMCID)
25399721
(4244120)
 FEMALE Adult
Microscopic identification of possible Clonorchis/Opisthorchis infection in two Ghanaian women with undiagnosed abdominal discomfort: two case reports.
Asare KK, Boampong JN, Ameyaw EO, Thomford AK, Afoakwah R, Kwakye-Nuako G, Thomford KP, Quashie NB.
J Med Case Rep. 2014;8:369.
Persistent or chronic infection of Clonorchis/Opisthorchis often leads to hepatobiliary diseases including cholangitis, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, hepatic fibrosis, cholangiocarcinoma and liver cancer.
22018218
 MALE
Integrated treatment of secondary hepatolithiasis. Case report.
Conzo G, Stanzione F, Celsi S, Candela G, Venetucci P, Palazzo A, Della Pietra C, Santini L, Iaccarino V.
G Chir. 2011;32(10):424-8.
Surgery is recommended in case of severe hepatic fibrosis or atrophy, suspected cholangiocarcinoma or multiple strictures with biliary distorsion.
7348756
 MALE Middle Aged
Peliosis hepatis as a late and fatal complication of thorotrast liver disease. Report of five cases.
Okuda K, Omata M, Itoh Y, Ikezaki H, Nakashima T.
Liver. 1981;1(2):110-22.
Of the five cases, two had no other liver disease except for hepatic fibrosis, and the other three had associated neoplasms, such as angiosarcoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, benign hemangioma, and their combinations.
179515
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Cholangiocarcinoma arising in congenital hepatic fibrosis. A case report.
Daroca PJ Jr, Tuthill R, Reed RJ.
Arch Pathol. 1975;99(11):592-5.
Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare complication of comgenital hepatic fibrosis, with only two previously documented cases reported, to our knowledge.