A cystic biliary tumour responding to regional fluorinated pyrimidine infusion.
We describe a patient with an intrahepatic biliary hamartoma associated with transformation to undifferentiated carcinoma which responded to intrahepatic arterial floxuridine chemotherapy.
Hedayati
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Department of Surgery, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
Burke
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Shousha
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D000368:Aged; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001661:Biliary Tract Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008297:Male; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D011743:Pyrimidines; D005467:Floxuridine; C030986:pyrimidine; D005472:Fluorouracil