- Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallstone Removal with Recurrent Acute Cholecystitis
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Jeon HJ, Lee BU
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):193-197.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.193
We report a case of successfully removed gallstone by endoscopic transpapillary approach with recurrent acute cholecystitis. An 84-year-old man presented with acute calculous cholecystitis. He is concurrently diagnosed with colon...
- Pathologic Complete Remission in a Patient with Locally Advanced Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Treated with Chemotherapy
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Yang HJ, Ryu JK, Paik WH, Lee SH, Kim YT, Lee K
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):188-192.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.188
A 54-year-old female with postprandial dyspepsia and abdominal pain was diagnosed as locally advanced unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by radiologic imaging studies resulting in invasion to bilateral main bile duct and...
- Primary Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder Mimicking Calculous Cholecystitis
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Eun SJ, Park SW, Jo SH, Kim HU, Moon HC, Hong GY
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):184-187.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.184
Signet ring cell carcinoma is a rare form of gallbladder cancer and has a worse prognosis. Since few cases have been reported, information regarding the behavior and prognosis of the...
- IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis Showing Natural Course of Progression to Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis
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Han J, Jun JH, Jung KH, Jeong DH, Park JC, Noh S, Hsing LC, Kim MH
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):179-183.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.179
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is characterized by extensive IgG4-positive plasma cells infiltration resulting in inflammation and fibrosis of the affected organs. Patient with IgG4-RD shows an excellent response to glucocorticoid...
- Clinical Outcomes of Hospital-Acquired Acute Cholecystitis in the Elderly
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Bong JH, Jang DK, Lee JK, Ko YJ, Kim BY, Park SY, Chung JW, Lee SH
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):172-178.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.172
BACKGROUND/AIM: Antimicrobials for nosocomial infections are generally chosen discriminately from community-acquired diseases from concerns for resistance to which the elderly are highly exposed. The elderly are affected frequently by acute...
- Comparison of Outcomes between 7-French and 10-French Plastic Stents for Patients with Biliary Tract Cancer
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Lee KJ, Kang YS, Seong JH, Jung S, Kim JW
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):165-171.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.165
BACKGROUND/AIM: There is little data on whether plastic stents with a larger diameter are patent for longer than small stents in patients with bile duct cancer. The aim of this...
- Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis
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Park JM
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):158-164.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.158
Hypertriglyceridemia is a well-established cause of acute pancreatitis. The clinical presentation of hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis (HTG-AP) is generally not different from that of acute pancreatitis of any other etiology. There...
- Drug Induced Acute Pancreatitis
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Kim YS, Cho JH
- Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
- 2017 Oct;22(4):153-157.
- doi: 10.15279/kpba.2017.22.4.153
Drug induced acute pancreatitis (AP) is considered a relative rare disease. It has no distinguishing clinical features and physician may ignore the possibility of that due to lack of clinical...
