Letter to the Editor
Paraganglioma of the Hepatic Duct: A Personal Commentary
Abstract
In 1980, we reported a case of paraganglioma of the hepatic duct in a 37-year-old man.1 At that time, we claimed that our case was the first such report in the English literature. The acceptance and subsequent publication of this case report was not easy. We received six rejections from various journals, such as the Archives of Pathology,Human Pathology, Journal of Clinical Pathology, and the American Journal of Gastroenterology. We understood that our claim of “the first report in the English literature” might have been a cause for some of those rejections. Finally, we sent the article to the Southern Medical Journal. Dr. John B. Thomison, the editor (himself a pathologist) accepted our article for publication.This content is limited to qualifying members.
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References
1. Sarma DP, Rodriguez FH Jr, Hoffmann EO. Paraganglioma of the hepatic duct. South Med J1980;73:1677–1678.
2. Albores-Saavedra J, Henson DE, Klimstra DS. Tumors of the gallbladder, extrahepatic bile ducts, and ampulla of Vater. In: Atlas of Tumor Pathology, Fascicle 27, Third Series. Washington, DC, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 2000, pp 221-222, 226.
3. Hitanant S, Sriumpai S, Na-songkla S, et al. Paraganglioma of the common hepatic duct. Am J Gastroenterol 1984;79:485–488.
4. Caceres M, Mosquera LF, Shih JA, et al. Paraganglioma of the bile duct. South Med J 2001;94:515–518.
