title: Gallbladder cystadenoma and common bile duct obstruction.
abstract: Cystadenomas are usually found in the extra-hepatic bile ducts in conjunction with multilocular cysts in the liver. Cystadenoma of the gallbladder itself is a rare finding, cited only once in the literature as the cause of extrinsic obstruction of the common bile duct (5). In this report, we describe the endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreaticographic (ERCP) detection of intrinsic obstruction of the cystic duct and common bile duct by such a tumor in a 47-yr-old woman.
authors.affiliation: The DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Divisions of Surgical Oncology and Surgical Endoscopy, and the Department of Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. sspector@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Seth A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Spector
authors.forename: Vania E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Vernon
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dunkin
authors.forename: Alan S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Livingstone
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology*; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000473:pathology*; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged