An Analysis of Nine Cases of Multiple Biliary Papillomatosis / 대한소화기내시경학회지

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUNDS AND STUDY AIMS: Multiple biliary papillomatosis (MBP) is an uncommon disease. This study was undertaken to review cases with respect to describing clinical features and characteristical cholangiographic findings, and to define the role of cholangioscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of this disorder. PATIENATS AND METHODS: from 1990 to 1997, nine patients (mean age; 57.3 years, 6 men and 3 women) were diagnosed as having MBP arnong 5,361 cases of endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) conducted at our center. A retrospective analyses of the cholangiographic and cholangioscopic findings as well as clinieal features were performed.