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Successful Orthotopic Liver Transplant for Diffuse Biliary Papillomatosis With Malignant Transformation: A Case
Daniele Ferraro1, Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri, Giovanni Vennarecci
1From the General Surgery and Organ Transplantation Unit, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
In patients with biliary papillomatosis, complete resection of the biliary tree (that is, liver transplant along with duodenocephalo-pancreatectomy) is considered the only potential curative treatment, given its diffuse pattern and likelihood of malignant transformation. Nevertheless, such a combined surgical approach can increase patient morbidity and mortality and should be considered only when the distal part of the common bile duct is involved. Here, we avoided duodenocephalo-pancreatectomy in a patient with distal common bile duct free from disease; this approach did not negatively influence survival and appeared to be safer during liver transplant.
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