Hepaticolithiasis: Rare benign disease of the intrahepatic bile ducts

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Hepaticolithiasis: Rare benign disease of the intrahepatic bile ducts ( Chirurg. 2007 Nov 28; ). Authors are Knorr C Dimmler A Hohenberger W et al., from the Chirurgische Universitätsklinik mit Poliklinik , Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Deutschland. Hepaticolithiasis is a rare disease of the intrahepatic bile ducts endemic to east Asia which also is known as oriental cholangiohepatitis. Beside strictures and metabolic disturbance, the main cause of intrahepatic stones is acquired or congenital malformation of the intrahepatic biliary ducts. In the following we show a case of hepaticolithiasis and concurrent pancreatic metaplasia. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.