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ABSTRACT: Background
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the bile duct (IPMN-B) is a neoplastic disease of the bile duct with papillary hyperplasia and mucus secretion, which originates from the duct epithelium and rarely complicates with fistula formation.Case description
The patient was admitted to the hospital due to abdominal pain and yellow skin. Laboratory results showed alanine aminotransferase 299 U/L, total bilirubin 350 µmol/L, computerized tomography showed severe dilatation of common bile duct and extrahepatic bile duct. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography showed the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts were markedly dilated, and the signal of the bile ducts was uneven. Endoscope identified a large amount of mucus above the papilla that flowing out from the f
SUBMITTER: Ding C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11459443 | biostudies-literature | 2024
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature