Pancreatobiliary reflux and the length of a common channel
Pancreatobiliary reflux and the length of a common channel
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DOI:
10.1007/s00534-010-0282-4
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发表时间:
2010-11-01
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3
通讯作者:
Takehara, Hiroo
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作者:
Kamisawa, Terumi;Suyama, Masafumi;Takehara, Hiroo
Gallbladder cancer occurs frequently in patients with pancreaticobiliary maljunction due to pancreatobiliary reflux. Pancreatobiliary reflux is also detected in some patients with a relatively long common channel. This study aimed to clarify the correlation between pancreatobiliary reflux and the length of a common channel.Two hundred and three patients, in whom both the length of a common channel and amylase level in the bile were measured, were enrolled from nine centers.Bile amylase level was correlated with the length of a common channel (P < 0.01). The minimum length of a common channel that could induce a markedly elevated amylase level in the bile (> 1,000 mg/dl) was determined as 5 mm. We redefined high confluence of pancreatobiliary ducts (HCPBD) as cases with a common channel a parts per thousand yen5 mm, in which the communication between the pancreatic and bile ducts was occluded with the sphincter contraction. Gallbladder cancer was found in 20% of 56 redefined HCPBD patients. Bile amylase level > 1,000 mg/dl and biliopancreatic reflux were detected in 79 and 95% of the patients, respectively.Patients with a common channel a parts per thousand yen5 mm (redefined HCPBD) should be monitored for the development of gallbladder cancer, as they frequently showed significant pancreatobiliary reflux.