OBJECTIVE: To study the correlation between human cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis and the infection of hepatitis virus. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry was used to detect HBxAg and HCV-C protein in formalin-fixe...OBJECTIVE: To study the correlation between human cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis and the infection of hepatitis virus. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry was used to detect HBxAg and HCV-C protein in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples taken from 68 patients with cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis. The findings were reviewed against the clinical records of the patients. RESULTS: Six patients (8.8%) were positive for HBxAg and 24 (35%) for HCV-C protein, respectively. One patient was positive for both HBxAg and HCV-C protein. There were statistically differences in the extent of differentiation, invasion, lymph-node metastasis, and treatment between the patients with cholangiocarcinomas in the porta hepatis with HB(C) V infection and those without infection. CONCLUSIONS: HB(C) V infection is correlated to the development of cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis. The tumor with HB(C) V infection may have a higher malignancy biologically and poorer prognosis. HBxAg and HCV-C protein may play an important role in the pathogenesis of cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis.展开更多
文摘OBJECTIVE: To study the correlation between human cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis and the infection of hepatitis virus. METHODS: Immunohistochemistry was used to detect HBxAg and HCV-C protein in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples taken from 68 patients with cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis. The findings were reviewed against the clinical records of the patients. RESULTS: Six patients (8.8%) were positive for HBxAg and 24 (35%) for HCV-C protein, respectively. One patient was positive for both HBxAg and HCV-C protein. There were statistically differences in the extent of differentiation, invasion, lymph-node metastasis, and treatment between the patients with cholangiocarcinomas in the porta hepatis with HB(C) V infection and those without infection. CONCLUSIONS: HB(C) V infection is correlated to the development of cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis. The tumor with HB(C) V infection may have a higher malignancy biologically and poorer prognosis. HBxAg and HCV-C protein may play an important role in the pathogenesis of cholangiocarcinoma in the porta hepatis.
