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KMID : 0357920010350010020
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Korean Journal of Pathology
2001 Volume.35 No. 1 p.20 ~ p.25
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The Observation of Histologic Changes of Major Intrahepatic Bile Duct Epithelium in the Resected Liver Tissue with Hepatolithiasis
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Han Woon-Sup
Sung Sun-Hee
Choi Sae-Kyung
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Abstract
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Background: The relationship between hepatoliths and cholangiocarcinoma is etiologically unclear. However, histogenetic sequencing with hyperplasia, dysplasia and carcinoma can occur in the bile ducts of hepatolithiasis.
Methods: We studied 55 cases of hepatolithiasis and examined the specimens of resected liver tissue with a microscope. The growth patterns of bile duct epithelium were divided into four types: flat, tufting, micropapillary and papillary. The dysplasia was also divided into low-grade dysplasia (LGD) and high-grade dysplasia (HGD).
Results: Of 55 cases of hepatolithiasis, 30 cases (54.6%) were of the flat pattern, 13 cases (23.6%) the micropapillary pattern, and 11 cases (20%) the tufting pattern. Epithelial hyperplasia was noted in only 36 cases (65.5%) in the large bile ducts, but dysplastic changes were found in 19 cases. Of 19 cases of dysplasia, LGD was present in 14 cases (25.5% of total 55 cases) an HGD in 5 cases (9% of total 55 cases). The epithelial hyperplasia showed histologic growth of the flat pattern in 29 cases out of 36 cases. But LGD (14 cases) had 6 cases of the tufting pattern and 7 cases of the micropapillary pattern. HGD (5 cases) revealed 4 cases of the micropapillary pattern with one case of the tufting pattern.
Conclusion: This study suggests that sequences of hyperplasia, low-grade dysplasia and high-grade dysplasia can play a role in the carcinogenesis of bile duct epithelium in hepatolithiasis with the histologic pattern changing from flat to micropapillary growth.
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KEYWORD
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Hepatolithiasis, Dysplasia, Cholangiocarcinoma, Bile duct
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