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Research Article| Volume 11, ISSUE 3, P315-317, July 1987

Hepatolithiasis complicated by cholangiocarcinoma

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      Abstract

      A case of hepatolithiasis complicated by intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is reported. Awareness of this association is important for the radiologist, who may detect clinically occult malignancy in patients with intrahepatic biliary calculi.

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