Ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma arising in the bile duct.
We report a case of ectopic hepatocellular carcinoma arising in the bile duct. A 72-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital with fever, abdominal pain, and jaundice. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a round mass, measuring 25 mm in diameter, in the bile duct. The mass was causing obstructive jaundice. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography showed a 27 mm x 21-mm round defect in the superior bile duct. These findings led to a diagnosis of bile duct tumor, and the patient underwent extrahepatic bile duct resection and biliary reconstruction. Gross examination of the tumor showed a fibrous capsule and a stalk arising from the bile duct mucosa. The tumor was diagnosed histopathologically as well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma arising in the bile duct.
First Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Minami Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan.
Takaaki
T
Tsushimi
Tadahiko
T
Enoki
Eijirou
E
Harada
Masahiko
M
Orita
Shinji
S
Noshima
Michiyoshi
M
Masuda
Kimikazu
K
Hamano
D000368:Aged; D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008099:Liver