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Bourdeleau P, Larrey E, Allaire M, Charlotte F, Vaillant JC, Lebray P. "De novo" cholangiocarcinoma 20 years after liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis: Lifelong screening needed! Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2022; 46:101827. [PMID: 34740844 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2021.101827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
We report a rare and very late case of de novo cholangiocarcinoma in a patient transplanted for primary sclerosing cholangitis. An exhaustive analysis of the literature and of our case highlight the very poor prognosis of this type of tumor due to the delay in diagnosis and the potential value of a six-monthly MRI surveillance as soon as cholangitis recurs, but also in the presence of chronic digestive inflammation, whatever the mechanism.
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- Pauline Bourdeleau
- Médecine Sorbonne Université, Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris 75013, France
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- Médecine Sorbonne Université, Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris 75013, France
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- Médecine Sorbonne Université, Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris 75013, France; Inserm U1149, Centre de Recherche sur l'Inflammation, France Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Médecine Sorbonne Université, Service d'anatomopathologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Médecine Sorbonne Université, Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Hépato-Bilio-pancréatique - Transplantation Hépatique, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Médecine Sorbonne Université, Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris 75013, France.
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Calinescu AM, Rougemont AL, Anooshiravani M, Rock NM, McLin VA, Wildhaber BE. Features of Nodules in Explants of Children Undergoing Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11061578. [PMID: 35329903 PMCID: PMC8950310 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11061578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
Abstract
(1) Background: In patients with biliary atresia (BA) liver nodules can be identified either by pre-transplant imaging or on the explant. This study aimed to (i) analyze the histopathology of liver nodules, and (ii) to correlate histopathology with pretransplant radiological features. (2) Methods: Retrospective analysis of liver nodules in explants of BA patients transplanted in our center (2000−2021). Correlations with pretransplant radiological characteristics, patient age at liver transplantation (LT), time from Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (KPE) to LT, age at KPE and draining KPE. (3) Results: Of the 63 BA-patients included in the analysis, 27/63 (43%) had nodules on explants. A majority were benign macroregenerative nodules. Premalignant (low-grade and high-grade dysplastic) and malignant (hepatocellular carcinoma) nodules were identified in 6/63 and 2/63 patients, respectively. On pretransplant imaging, only 13/63 (21%) patients had liver nodules, none meeting radiological criteria for malignancy. The occurrence of liver nodules correlated with patient age at LT (p < 0.001), time KPE-LT (p < 0.001) and draining KPE (p = 0.006). (4) Conclusion: In BA patients, pretransplant imaging did not correlate with the presence of liver nodules in explants. Liver nodules were frequent in explanted livers, whereby 25% of explants harboured malignant/pre-malignant nodules, emphasizing the need for careful surveillance in BA children whose clinical course may require LT.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ana M. Calinescu
- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Division of Child and Adolescent Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +41-22-372-4662
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Division of Clinical Pathology, Diagnostic Department, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Unit of Pediatric Radiology, Diagnostic Department, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Division of Pediatric Specialties, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Division of Pediatric Specialties, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Pediatric Liver Center, Geneva University Hospitals, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; (A.-L.R.); (M.A.); (N.M.R.); (V.A.M.); (B.E.W.)
- Division of Child and Adolescent Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
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Uno S, Kataoka TR, Okajima H, Taura K, Sakurai T, Haga H. Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma in an explanted liver after Kasai operation for biliary atresia: A case report and literature review. Pathol Int 2020; 70:888-892. [PMID: 32936992 DOI: 10.1111/pin.13016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Kasai operation is widely performed for biliary atresia (BA), as it improves the prognosis. Biliary tract cancer has rarely been reported as a complication after Kasai operation. A 17-year-old man underwent liver transplantation for progressive jaundice and liver dysfunction after Kasai operation for BA. A macroscopic examination of the explanted liver revealed a 3.6-cm-diameter mass in the hilus of the explanted liver. The tumor consisted of an atypical proliferation of glandular cells in the collagenous stroma. The differential diagnosis included a florid ductular reaction and primary adenocarcinoma. Immunohistochemistry revealed that the glandular cells were diffusely positive for IGF2BP3 and S100P, but negative for CDX2. A diagnosis of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma arising from the liver hilus was made. To our knowledge, this is the third case of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma after Kasai operation for BA. The previously reported cases had a poor prognosis, but the current case did not recur during a 15-year follow-up. Cholangiocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma can occur as a late complication of BA after Kasai operation, and early detection and liver transplantation may improve the prognosis.
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- Shunsuke Uno
- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.,Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.,Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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