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Motta RV, Saffioti F, Mavroeidis VK. Hepatolithiasis: Epidemiology, presentation, classification and management of a complex disease. World J Gastroenterol 2024; 30:1836-1850. [PMID: 38659478 PMCID: PMC11036492 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i13.1836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/03/2024] Open
Abstract
The term hepatolithiasis describes the presence of biliary stones within the intrahepatic bile ducts, above the hilar confluence of the hepatic ducts. The disease is more prevalent in Asia, mainly owing to socioeconomic and dietary factors, as well as the prevalence of biliary parasites. In the last century, owing to migration, its global incidence has increased. The main pathophysiological mechanisms involve cholangitis, bile infection and biliary strictures, creating a self-sustaining cycle that perpetuates the disease, frequently characterised by recurrent episodes of bacterial infection referred to as syndrome of "recurrent pyogenic cholangitis". Furthermore, long-standing hepatolithiasis is a known risk factor for development of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Various classifications have aimed at providing useful insight of clinically relevant aspects and guidance for treatment. The management of symptomatic patients and those with complications can be complex, and relies upon a multidisciplinary team of hepatologists, endoscopists, interventional radiologists and hepatobiliary surgeons, with the main goal being to offer relief from the clinical presentations and prevent the development of more serious complications. This comprehensive review provides insight on various aspects of hepatolithiasis, with a focus on epidemiology, new evidence on pathophysiology, most important clinical aspects, different classification systems and contemporary management.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rodrigo V. Motta
- Translational Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom
- UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health and Sheila Sherlock Liver Unit, Royal Free Hospital and University College London, London NW3 2QG, United Kingdom
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- Department of HPB Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol BS2 8HW, United Kingdom
- Department of Transplant Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
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Fan WJ, Zou XJ. Subacute liver and respiratory failure after segmental hepatectomy for complicated hepatolithiasis with secondary biliary cirrhosis: A case report. World J Gastrointest Surg 2022; 14:341-351. [PMID: 35664359 PMCID: PMC9131841 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v14.i4.341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite being a benign disease, hepatolithiasis has a poor prognosis because of its intractable nature and frequent recurrence. Nonsurgical treatment is associated with high incidences of residual and recurrent stones. Consequently, surgery via hepatic lobectomy or segmental hepatectomy has become the main treatment modality. Clinical management and resolution of complicated hepatolithiasis with bilateral or diffuse intrahepatic stones remain very difficult and challenging. Repeated cholangitis and calculous obstruction may result in secondary biliary cirrhosis, a limiting factor in the treatment of hepatolithiasis.
CASE SUMMARY A 53-year-old woman with a 5-year history of intermittent abdominal pain and fever was admitted to the hepatopancreatobiliary surgery department following worsening symptoms over a 3-d period. Blood tests revealed elevated transaminases, alkaline phosphatase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, and total bilirubin, as well as anemia. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography showed dilatation of the intrahepatic, left and right hepatic, common hepatic, and common bile ducts, and multiple short T2 signals in the intrahepatic and common bile ducts. Abdominal computed tomography showed splenomegaly and splenic varices. The diagnosis was bilateral hepatolithiasis and choledocholithiasis with cholangitis. Surgical treatment included hepatectomy of segments II and III, cholangioplasty, left hepaticolithotomy, second biliary duct exploration, choledocholithotomy, T-tube drainage, and accretion lysis. Surgical and pathological findings confirmed secondary biliary cirrhosis. Liver-protective therapy and anti-infectives were administered. The patient developed liver and respiratory failure, severe abdominal infection, and septicemia. Eventually, her family elected to discontinue treatment.
CONCLUSION Liver transplantation, rather than hepatectomy, might be a treatment option for complicated bilateral hepatolithiasis with secondary liver cirrhosis.
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- Wen-Juan Fan
- Department of Gastroenterology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
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- Emergency Department/Intensive Care Unit, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
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Ishizawa T, Kobayashi T, Makino N, Matsuda A, Kakizaki Y, Sugawara S, Ashino K, Takahashi R, Motoi F, Ueno Y. A case of a smooth transition to subsequent percutaneous transjejunal biliary intervention for hepatolithiasis after biliary reconstruction by adding jejunostomy during an emergency operation for perforation due to balloon-assisted endoscopy. Clin J Gastroenterol 2021; 14:678-683. [PMID: 33400187 DOI: 10.1007/s12328-020-01312-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Treatments for hepatolithiasis include peroral endoscopy, percutaneous cholangioscopy, and surgery. Balloon-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (BAERCP) has been widely performed in recent years for patients with hepatolithiasis after biliary reconstruction. However, accidental bowel perforation caused by BAERCP may need emergency surgery. Here, we describe a 77-year-old Japanese woman diagnosed with acute cholangitis due to hepatolithiasis after biliary reconstruction (a biliary diversion operation for pancreaticobiliary maljunction). She underwent BAERCP for treatment of hepatolithiasis, however, a small-bowel perforation occurred. She underwent an emergency operation to suture the perforation and add a catheter jejunostomy. She had no postoperative complications after surgery and was discharged 11 days after surgery. One month later, she was readmitted and underwent percutaneous transjejunal cholangioscopy-guided lithotripsy with complete removal of the calculi. Although endoscopists should be careful to avoid small-bowel perforation during BAERCP, if perforation occurs, addition of a catheter jejunostomy during emergency surgery can be easily transitioned to subsequent treatment of the hepatolithiasis.
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- Tetsuya Ishizawa
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Surgery I, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Surgery I, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Surgery I, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Surgery I, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, 2-2-2, Iidanishi, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata, 990-8595, Japan
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