Main description:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the research on bile duct pathology, from basic theory to practical aspects, and presents the latest advances. The contributing authors extensively discuss the topics from different perspectives, including the pathogenesis of conditions such as cellular senescence and innate immunity as well as diseases such as IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis and intraductal papillary neoplasm.

Pathology of the Bile Duct is a valuable resource not only for clinicians in various disciplines, such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics and radiology, but also for pathologists. Further, it allows practitioners and researchers at all levels to broaden their understanding of the subject and to explore the latest findings in bile duct pathology.

Contents:

Part 1- Basic understanding of bile duct pathology

Development and anatomy of bile duct

Bicarbonate umbrella and its disruption of the bile duct

Biliary innate immunity and its disorder

Cellular senescence and biliary disorders

Vascular supply of the bile duct and ischemic cholangiopathy

Part 2- Practical understanding of biliary diseases

Immunopathology of bile duct lesions of primary biliary cirrhosis

Natural and recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis

Recent progress of pathogenesis of IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis

Pathology and imaging of peribiliary cysts: recent progress

Immunopathology of biliary atresia

Cholangiolocellular carcinoma: Is it a subtype of cholangiocarcnoma or combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcioma ?

Pathology of intrahepatic cholangocarcinoma: peripheral and perihilar subtypes

Intraductal papillary neoplasm of bile duct

Cystic and micropapillary neoplasm of peribiliary glands: Its perspective to cholangiocarcinogenesis

Intraductal papillary cystic neoplasm of the gallbladder and ampulla of Vater