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Eosinophilic Cholangitis--A Challenging Diagnosis of Benign Biliary Stricture: A Case Report.
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- Eosinophilic cholangitis misdiagnosed as cholangiocarcinoma: a case report.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Cholangitis in a 32-Year-Old Man.ACG case reports journal · 2025Article
- A case of eosinophilic cholangiopathy mimicking cholangiocarcinoma.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2021Article
- The Cloaked Intruder: An Unexpected Case of Eosinophilic Cholangitis.ACG case reports journal · 2019Article
- A Challenging Diagnosis of Eosinophilic Cholangitis Requiring Resection of Extrahepatic Bile Ducts.Cureus · 2019Article
- Eosinophilic Cholangitis Without Biliary Stricture After the Treatment of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.ACG case reports journal · 2019Article
- Atypical Presentation of a Rare Disease: Eosinophilic Cholangitis Posing as a Cancer.The American journal of case reports · 2018Article
- Eosinophilic cholangitis treatment with budesonide.World journal of hepatology · 2017Article
- Eosinophilic funiculitis initially diagnosed as irreducible inguinal hernia: A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2017Article
- Adult bile duct strictures: differentiating benign biliary stenosis from cholangiocarcinoma.Medical molecular morphology · 2016Review
- Eosinophilic Cholangitis with Poor Prognosis after Corticosteroid- and Ursodeoxycholic Acid-Related Remission of Peripheral and Peribiliary Eosinophilia.Case reports in gastroenterologyArticle
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Abstract
When confronting a biliary stricture, both benign and malignant etiologies must be carefully considered as a variety of benign biliary strictures can masquerade as hilar cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Therefore, patients could undergo a major surgery despite the possibility of a benign biliary disease. Approximately 15% to 24% of patients undergoing surgical resection for suspected biliary malignancy will have benign pathology. Eosinophilic cholangitis (EC) is a rare benign disorder of the biliary tract, which can cause obstructive jaundice and can pose a difficult diagnostic task. We present a rare case of a young woman who was referred to our hospital with obstructive painless jaundice due to a biliary stricture at the confluence of the hepatic bile ducts, with a provisional diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma. Though, during her work up she was found to have EC, an extremely rare benign cause of biliary stricture, which is characterized by a dense eosinophilic infiltration of the biliary tree causing stricturing, fibrosis, and obstruction and which is reversible with short-term high-dose steroids. Despite its rarity, EC should be taken into consideration when imaging modalities demonstrate a biliary stricture, especially if preoperative diagnosis of malignancy cannot be made, in the setting of peripheral eosinophilia and the absence of cardinal symptoms of malignancy.
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