The Great Imposture: Eosinophilic Cholangitis

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Schammel David Christine Schammel Krishna Yamuna Schammel Joshua Trocha Steven Young Allison

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Trocha Steven
Department of Surgery, Greenville Health System, Greenville SC USA

A B S T R A C T

Eosinophilic Cholangitis (EC) is a rare, benign disease often mistaken for cholangiocarcinoma as clinically and radiologically EC resembles cholangiocarcinoma. Often, extensive hepatobiliary resections for a presumed malignancy are completed; however, with appropriate diagnosis EC can be managed medically. We present two cases of EC with a comprehensive literature review and a proposed diagnostic decision algorithm for EC by which to evaluate suspicious lesions with biliary obstruction and potentially avoid surgery for this benign disease.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Tue 09, Oct 2018
Accepted: Tue 30, Oct 2018
Published: Wed 14, Nov 2018

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© 2023 Trocha Steven. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2018.03.013