Successful endoscopic procedures for intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct: A case report

Table 1 Patients with IPNB treated by endoscopic procedures reported between 2005 and 2009

Author	Gender	Age (yr)	Follow-up after diagnosis of IPNB	Treatment	Reason surgery was not performed	Outcome
Bechmann et al[10]	Male	65	10 years	Whipple, right hepatectomy, PDT	Patient’s age	Death without cholestasis
Park et al[11]	Female	78	3 wk	EST, EPBD	Unknown	Well for a short time
Brauer et al[12]	Male	86	1 mo	APC	Diffuse involvement of biliary system, patient’s age and comorbidities	Death due to hepatic encephalopathy
Jazrawi et al[13]	Male	37	6 mo	Extrahepatic bile duct resection, APC	Patient’s refusal	Being evaluated for liver transplantation due to disease progression
Current case	Female	86	11 years	Cholecystectomy, EST, ERBD	Patient’s age	Being well irrespective of slow disease progression

EST: Endoscopic sphincterotomy; EPBD: Endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation; Whipple: Pancreaticoduodenectomy; PDT: Photodynamic therapy; APC: Argon plasma coagulation; ERBD: Endoscopic retrograde biliary drainage.