title: Carcinoid tumor of the hepatic duct presenting as a Klatskin tumor in an adolescent and review of world literature.
abstract: This is a case presentation of a 14-year-old boy with the radiological diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma occluding the hepatic duct bifurcation. His only symptom at presentation was jaundice and further workup confirmed a mass at the porta hepatis. Surgical treatment resulted in a resection of the hepatic bifurcation tumor with a final pathological diagnosis of a carcinoid tumor of the hepatic duct bifurcation. To our knowledge, this is only the second case presented of a resected carcinoid tumor in adolescence. In this communiqué we present the above case and review of the world literature of biliary neuroendocrine tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University of Alabama, School of Medicine, Birmingham 35294-0007, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Medina-Franco
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazenby
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vickers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D018285:Klatskin Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male