Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2008; 14(18): 2924-2927
Published online May 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2924
An autopsy case of granulocyte-colony-stimulating-factor-producing extrahepatic bile duct carcinoma
Satoru Matsuyama, Tomonori Shimonishi, Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kensaku Higaki, Kenji Nasu, Mariko Toyooka, Shigehisa Aoki, Keiko Watanabe, Hajime Sugihara
Satoru Matsuyama, Tomonori Shimonishi, Hirofumi Yoshimura, Kenji Nasu, Kensuke Higaki, Department of Surgery, Takagi Hospital, 141-11, Sakemi, Ohkawa-City, Fukuoka 831-0016, Japan
Mariko Toyooka, Keiko Watanabe, Hajime Sugihara, Department of Pathology, Takagi Hospital, 141-11, Sakemi, Ohkawa-City, Fukuoka 831-0016, Japan
Shigehisa Aoki, Department of Pathology and Biodefence, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1, Nabeshima, Saga-City, Saga 849-8501, Japan
Author contributions: Matsuyama S, Shimonishi T, Yoshimura H, Higaki K and Nasu K treated the patient; Toyooka M, Watanabe K and Sugihara H performed cytological and pathological diagnosis, as well as autopsy, in cooperation with Aoki S.
Correspondence to: Dr. Satoru Matsuyama, Department of Surgery, Takagi Hospital, 141-11, Sakemi, Ohkawa-City, Fukuoka 831-0016, Japan. matsuyama@kouhoukai.org
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Received: November 6, 2007
Revised: March 16, 2008
Published online: May 14, 2008
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