Rebours Vinciane, Lévy Philippe, Hammel Pascal, Farges Olivier, Ruszniewski Philippe
Fédération médico-chirurgicale d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Service de Gastroentérologie et de Chirurgie Viscérale, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, 100, Bd du Général Leclerc, 92118 Clichy Cedex, France.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2005 Jun-Jul;29(6-7):732-4. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(05)82163-3.
There are no reports of cholangiocarcinoma complicating post radiotherapy cholangitis. We report the case of a 40 year old patient who had undergone thoracoabdominal radiotherapy for Hodgkin's disease, 22 years ago. This radiotherapy was complicated, many years later, by chronic pancreatitis and cholangitis. Recurrent angiocholangitis led us to schedule a biliodigestive anastomosis. During surgery, cholangiocarcinoma was discovered. The patient died from his carcinoma some months later.