Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct: a recurring disease

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2019 Nov;111(11):890-891. doi: 10.17235/reed.2019.6206/2019.

Abstract

Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct (IPNB) is a premalignant disease characterized by a low incidence, a high risk of malignant transformation, and an uncertain prognosis. We hereby present the case of an 8-mm IPNB in the left liver lobe detected by endosonography in a 76-year-old woman followed for a dissociated asymptomatic cholestasis who was treated with a left hepatectomy. The resected IPNB had low-grade dysplasia and no nodal involvement in the surgical piece; however, signs of recurrence of the disease were observed in the right liver lobe a year and a half later. Therefore, given that it can be multifocal and recurrent, IPNB is a disease that requires close follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic*
  • Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery*