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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 396869, 5 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/396869
Clinical Study

Diagnosis of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma after the Removal of Choledocholithiasis

Yasuhiro Ito,1 Takeshi Kenmochi,1 Tomohisa Egawa,1 Shinobu Hayashi,1 Atsushi Nagashima,1 and Yuko Kitagawa2

1Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, 3-6-1 Shimosueyoshi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 230-8765, Japan
2Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan

Received 6 August 2012; Revised 16 October 2012; Accepted 18 October 2012

Academic Editor: Michel Kahaleh

Copyright © 2012 Yasuhiro Ito et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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