Gallbladder cystadenoma and common bile duct obstruction.
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.
Spector
Seth A
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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
Fernandez
Vania E
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Vernon
Stephen E
SE
Dunkin
Brian
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Livingstone
Alan S
AS
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