This book provides a comprehensive overview of the research on bile duct pathology, from basic theory to practical aspects, and presents the latest advances. The contributing authors extensively discuss the topic from different perspectives, including the pathogenesis of conditions such as cellular senescence and innate immunity as well as diseases such as IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis and intraductal papillary neoplasm.

Pathology of the Bile Duct is a valuable resource not only for clinicians in various disciplines, such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and radiology, but also for pathologists. Further, it allows practitioners and researchers at all levels to broaden their understanding of the subject and to explore the latest findings in bile duct pathology.

Autorentext

Editor: Prof. Yasuni Nakanuma,

Department of Pathology, Shizuoka Cancer Centre, Shizuoka, Japan

Inhalt

1.Basic understanding of bile duct pathology.- Development and anatomy of bile duct.- Bicarbonate umbrella and its disruption of the bile duct.- Biliary innate immunity and its disorder.- Cellular senescence and biliary disorders.- Vascular supply of the bile duct and ischemic cholangiopathy.- 2.Practical understanding of biliary diseases.- Immunopathology of bile duct lesions of primary biliary cirrhosis.- Natural and recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis.- Recent progress of pathogenesis of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis.- Pathology and imaging of peribiliary cysts: recent progress.- Immunopathology of biliary atresia.- Cholangiolocellular carcinoma: Is it a subtype of cholangiocarcnoma or combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcioma ?.- Pathology of intrahepatic cholangocarcinoma: peripheral and perihilar subtypesIntraductal papillary neoplasm of bile duct.- Intraductal papillary cystic neoplasm of the gallbladder and ampulla of Vater.- Cystic and micropapillary neoplasm of peribiliary glands: Its perspective to cholangiocarcinogenesis.- Biliary intraepithelial neoplasia: cancer field for nodular sclerosing cholangiocarcinoma.- Intraductal papillary cystic neoplasm of the gallbladder and ampulla of Vater.