title: Biliary squamous cell carcinoma.
abstract: Squamous cell carcinoma of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder is extremely rare. We report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the common bile duct manifesting atypically without jaundice, despite its large size and proximal bile duct dilation. A review of the literature concerning all other squamous carcinoma of the biliary tract is presented including 3 other bile duct cancers, 17 intrahepatic and 30 gallbladder cancers. Compared to the more common adenocarcinoma these rare biliary cancers seem to present particular clinical features and prognostic differences which may be important for planning treatment.
authors.affiliation: University of Catania, Cannizzaro Hospital, Department of Surgery, Transplantation and Advanced Technologies, Catania.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Greca
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: Giovanni S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Urrico
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Catanuto
authors.forename: Isidoro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Di Carlo
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russello
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Latteri
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged