A case report of primary non-hodgkin lymphoma of the bile duct
Miao-xia Chen, Yong-jian Li, Lei Leng, Xiao-pei Chen, Chuang-jia Zhang, Si-bi Yang, Shu-ya Feng, Wen-feng Deng, Fan Xu · 2026
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Miao-xia Chen leads a team reporting a rare lymphoma that starts in the bile duct, in a 2026 case report. The cancer is often mistaken for the far more common bile duct cancer on scans, which can lead to needless surgery. Chemotherapy, not surgery, is the main treatment.
Their patient was an older man with upper belly pain, first thought to have bile duct cancer. Tissue tests showed a B-cell lymphoma instead. His past care for a throat cancer and a long hepatitis B infection, with a lingering virus known to drive lymphoma, may have played a part. He was frail and hit by acute problems, so he got only two days of a standard drug mix before dying of sepsis. The authors share scan traits that may flag this rare cancer sooner.
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| CREATOR | Miao-xia Chen, Yong-jian Li, Lei Leng, Xiao-pei Chen, Chuang-jia Zhang, Si-bi Yang, Shu-ya Feng, Wen-feng Deng, Fan Xu |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26440 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |