Proliferative cholangitis (cholangitis glandularis proliferans)

Abstract

Abstract A case of extrahepatic biliary obstruction is presented in a patient with a previously unrecognized condition of the bile ducts. Five other cases with similar histological features in the bile ducts are also presented. The possible relationship between this condition and other causes of biliary obstruction is discussed and its characteristic features are described. The problems of diagnosis and management are discussed. Because of clinical, radiological and pathological similarities to cholecystitis glandularis proliferans it is proposed that the condition be called proliferative cholangitis (cholangitis glandularis proliferans).