LOCALIZED SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS IN THE INTRAPANCREATIC BILE-DUCT - REPORT OF A CASE

A case of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) localized in an isolate d segment of the intrapancreatic bile duct was successfully treated by a pancreatico-duodenectomy. Although a progressively larger number of patients with PSC have recently been reported, there have been no oth er reports of a patient with this disease confined to the very distal part of the common bile duct. Since it is difficult to differentiate t his rare disease from malignancy, surgical treatment as for a malignan cy is sometimes required.