Cholangiocarcinoma associated with hypercalcaemia and ascites presenting as sclerosing cholangitis.
This report tells of a patient presenting with apparent primary sclerosing cholangitis which turned out to be a cholangiocarcinoma. The patient also had ascites and hypercalcaemia, both of which have not been described before in association with cholangiocarcinoma.
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Department of Geriatric Medicine, The Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001201:Ascites / Q000150:complications*; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male