Publication: Histomorphological Characteristics of Cholangiocellular Carcinomas in Northeast Thailand, Where a Region Infection with the Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini is Endemic
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1992-01-01
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14401827
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13205463
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Pathology International. Vol.42, No.10 (1992), 734-739
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Tomoyuki Shirai, Chawalit Pairojkul, Kumiko Ogawa, Hatsumi Naito, Witaya Thamavit, Watcharabhong Bhudhisawat, Nobuyuki Ito Histomorphological Characteristics of Cholangiocellular Carcinomas in Northeast Thailand, Where a Region Infection with the Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini is Endemic. Pathology International. Vol.42, No.10 (1992), 734-739. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1827.1992.tb03223.x Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/22495
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Histomorphological Characteristics of Cholangiocellular Carcinomas in Northeast Thailand, Where a Region Infection with the Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini is Endemic
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Abstract
Northeast Thailand has a very high incidence rate of intrahepatic biliary tumors which is believed to closely related to infestation with the liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini. This study was conducted to ascertain whether there are any phenotypic differences in such tumors between northeast Thailand and Japan, a country free of liver flukes. Forty one intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas from patients in northeast Thailand were histopathologically compared with 39 lesions collected in Japan. The proportions of each type of adenocarcinoma in the Thailand cases were similar to those of the Japanese cases except that medullary type poorly differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma was only found in the series from Thailand. Whether the presence of medullary lesions only in the cases from the area of endemic fluke infection implies differences in etiology remains in question. The similarity in the majority of histological types, the inflammatory reactions observed in the bile ducts and the earlier development of tumors in association with parasites suggests that tumor promotion resulting from liver fluke infection rather than quantitative or qualitative differences in genetic alterations is responsible for the high frequency of cholangiocellular carcinomas in northeast Thailand. Acta Pathol Jpn 42: 734–739, 1992. Copyright © 1992, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved