Skip to main content

Table 1 Literature review of cases diagnosed with follicular cholangitis

From: Follicular cholangitis mimicking a common bile duct cancer: a case report

Case

Ref. no.

Author

Year

Age

Sex

Symptoms

Increase of bilirubin, liver, bile duct enzyme

Tumor marker

Location

Preoperative diagnosis

PET/CT

T cell marker

B cell marker

IgG4(IHC)

Treatment

Prognosis

CEA

CA19-9

CD3

CD4

CD20

CD79a

1

[1]

Aoki

2003

57

F

None

+ 

Hilar

HC

ND

+ 

+ 

+ 

+ 

ND

Extended right hepatectomy

ND

2

[2]

Lee

2005

61

M

Pain

+ 

ND

ND

Hilar, right and left hepatic duct, cystic duct, gallbladder neck

HC

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

Extrahepatic bile duct and part of the right hepatic duct resection

ND

3

[5]

Fujita

2010

47

M

None

+ 

Hilar, right hepatic duct

HC

ND

+ 

+ 

+ 

+ 

Extended right hepatectomy

10 m alive

4

[5]

Fujita

2010

44

F

None

+ 

Hilar

HC

ND

+ 

 + 

+ 

+ 

Extended left hepatectomy

24 m dead

5

[3]

Zen

2012

73

F

Pain, jaundice

+ 

ND

+ 

Right hepatic duct

HC

ND

+ 

ND

+ 

ND

Few

Right hepatectomy

ND

6

[3]

Zen

2012

70

M

None

+ 

ND

+ 

Left perihilar duct

HC

ND

+ 

ND

+ 

ND

Few

Left hepatectomy

ND

7

[3]

Zen

2012

42

F

Jaundice, itching

+ 

ND

Hilar

PSC

ND

+ 

ND

+ 

ND

Few

Liver transplantation

ND

8

[9]

Fujii

2014

60

F

Itching, fatigue

+ 

Hilar, right and left hepatic duct

HC

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

Few

Left trisegmentectomy

24 m alive

9

[7]

Saito

2016

69

F

Unknown

B3

Hepatolithiasis

ND

ND

+ 

+ 

ND

Left hepatectomy

12 m alive

10

[6]

Chang

2019

60

M

None

+ 

B5, 8

IHC

+ 

ND

+ 

ND

ND

Right hepatectomy and caudate lobectomy

18 m alive

11

[4]

Kosone

2020

70

M

Jaundice

+ 

Hilar

HC

+ 

ND

ND

ND

ND

Few

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma

30 m alive

12

Our case

Koneri

2023

77

F

None

+ 

Distal bile duct

Distal bile duct cancer

+ 

ND

+ 

+ 

Subtotal stomach-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy

42 m alive

  1. ND no data, + positive, − negative, HC hilar cholangiocarcinoma, PSC primary sclerosing cholangitis, IHC intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma