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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2015; 21(38): 10926-10930
Published online Oct 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i38.10926
Published online Oct 14, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i38.10926
Hilar cholangiocarcinoma with intratumoral calcification: A case report
Kazuho Inoko, Takahiro Tsuchikawa, Takehiro Noji, Yo Kurashima, Yuma Ebihara, Eiji Tamoto, Toru Nakamura, Soichi Murakami, Keisuke Okamura, Toshiaki Shichinohe, Satoshi Hirano, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8648, Japan
Author contributions: Inoko K and Tsuchikawa T wrote the manuscript; Shichinohe T and Hirano S revised the manuscript; Okamura K, Nakamura T and Tamoto E performed the surgery; Murakami S, Ebihara Y, Kurashima Y and Noji T acquired the data.
Informed consent statement: The patient gave written informed consent before treatment.
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Correspondence to: Kazuho Inoko, MD, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North-15, West-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8648, Japan. k.inoko@icloud.com
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Received: March 26, 2015
Peer-review started: March 27, 2015
First decision: April 24, 2015
Revised: May 27, 2015
Accepted: August 31, 2015
Article in press: August 31, 2015
Published online: October 14, 2015
Processing time: 202 Days and 11.5 Hours
Peer-review started: March 27, 2015
First decision: April 24, 2015
Revised: May 27, 2015
Accepted: August 31, 2015
Article in press: August 31, 2015
Published online: October 14, 2015
Processing time: 202 Days and 11.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Our report describes an extremely rare case of hilar cholangiocarcinoma with intratumoral calcification. Imaging findings of this case were confusingly similar to those of hepatolithiasis, and it was extremely difficult to make an accurate diagnosis using available radiological findings. We performed pathological examination and observed hilar cholangiocarcinoma with intratumoral calcification. We herein report a rare case of calcified hilar cholangiocarcinoma and reveal its clinicopathologic features.