Concomitant adenosquamous carcinoma of the common bile duct and early adenocarcinoma of the gall-bladder.
We report a 59 year old male with obstructive jaundice and a clinical diagnosis of carcinoma of the midportion of the common bile duct. Examination of the surgical specimen revealed a small tumour in the neck of the gall-bladder. Histologic examination revealed the tumour in the common bile duct was an adenosquamous carcinoma whereas that in the gall-bladder was an early papillary adenocarcinoma. Thus, this is a rare case of the simultaneous development of adenosquamous carcinoma and early papillary adenocarcinoma in the biliary tree.
Hayashi
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Department of Surgery II, Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan.
Yamaguchi
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Ogawa
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018196:Carcinoma, Adenosquamous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography