Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary Obstruction

Extrahepatic bile duct obstruction can be caused by various pathologies, most of them being malignant. Painless, progressive jaundice is the usual mode of presentation. We report a case of distal Common Bile Duct (CBD) obstruction due to a Benign Intramural Beale gland hyperplasia mimicking a peri...

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Main Authors: Durairaj Segamalai, Anand Lakshmanan, Abdul Rehman Abdul Jameel, Sofiya Chandrabapulu, Kannan Devy Gounder
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Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2017-07-01
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author Durairaj Segamalai
Anand Lakshmanan
Abdul Rehman Abdul Jameel
Sofiya Chandrabapulu
Kannan Devy Gounder
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description Extrahepatic bile duct obstruction can be caused by various pathologies, most of them being malignant. Painless, progressive jaundice is the usual mode of presentation. We report a case of distal Common Bile Duct (CBD) obstruction due to a Benign Intramural Beale gland hyperplasia mimicking a periampullary carcinoma. Peribiliary glands (Beale Glands) are a group of seromucinous glands, normally seen within the fibromuscular wall and periductal connective tissue in the extrahepatic and large intrahepatic ducts and also in the neck of the Gall bladder. These glands drain into the bile duct lumen through small channels referred to as sacculi of Beale. Intramural Beale ducts are lobular aggregates of mucous glands that lie within the wall of the bile duct. Beale Gland hyperplasia is uncommon, and is rarely large enough to be visible macroscopically or with imaging as an incidental finding. There are no case reports of this rare entity. It is distinguished from well differentiated bile duct adenocarcinoma by the preservation of the lobular architecture, lack of cytological atypia and lack of perineural invasion. This case is reported for its rarity.
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spelling doaj.art-31c73eff950f4f259644c9997fdc32a32022-12-21T20:26:21ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2017-07-01117ED10ED1110.7860/JCDR/2017/26242.10157Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary ObstructionDurairaj Segamalai0Anand Lakshmanan1Abdul Rehman Abdul Jameel2Sofiya Chandrabapulu3Kannan Devy Gounder4Postgraduate, Institute of surgical gastroenterology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Professor, Institute of surgical gastroenterology, Madras Medical College, Chennait, Tamil Nadu, India.Postgraduate, Institute of surgical gastroenterology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Postgraduate, Institute of Pathology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Professor, Institute of surgical gastroenterology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.Extrahepatic bile duct obstruction can be caused by various pathologies, most of them being malignant. Painless, progressive jaundice is the usual mode of presentation. We report a case of distal Common Bile Duct (CBD) obstruction due to a Benign Intramural Beale gland hyperplasia mimicking a periampullary carcinoma. Peribiliary glands (Beale Glands) are a group of seromucinous glands, normally seen within the fibromuscular wall and periductal connective tissue in the extrahepatic and large intrahepatic ducts and also in the neck of the Gall bladder. These glands drain into the bile duct lumen through small channels referred to as sacculi of Beale. Intramural Beale ducts are lobular aggregates of mucous glands that lie within the wall of the bile duct. Beale Gland hyperplasia is uncommon, and is rarely large enough to be visible macroscopically or with imaging as an incidental finding. There are no case reports of this rare entity. It is distinguished from well differentiated bile duct adenocarcinoma by the preservation of the lobular architecture, lack of cytological atypia and lack of perineural invasion. This case is reported for its rarity.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10157/26242_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(RU_VT_RB)%20_PFA(RB_SS).pdflobularobstructive jaundiceperibiliary gland
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Anand Lakshmanan
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Sofiya Chandrabapulu
Kannan Devy Gounder
Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary Obstruction
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
lobular
obstructive jaundice
peribiliary gland
title Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary Obstruction
title_full Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary Obstruction
title_fullStr Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary Obstruction
title_full_unstemmed Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary Obstruction
title_short Benign Beale Gland Hyperplasia Mimicking Malignant Biliary Obstruction
title_sort benign beale gland hyperplasia mimicking malignant biliary obstruction
topic lobular
obstructive jaundice
peribiliary gland
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/10157/26242_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(RU_VT_RB)%20_PFA(RB_SS).pdf
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