Unusual segmental stricture of the lower common bile duct mimicking bile duct cancer.
In some cases of bile duct stricture, malignancy cannot be diagnosed preoperatively even with the use of various diagnostic imaging modalities and histologic examination. As long as malignancy cannot be ruled out completely, surgery can be undertaken for the purposes of diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of unusual segmental stricture of the lower common bile duct mimicking bile duct cancer and discuss the differential diagnosis.
Uchiyama
Shuichiro
S
Department of Surgical Oncology and Regulation of Organ Function, Miyazaki University, School of Medicine, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.
Chijiiwa
Kazuo
K
Hiyoshi
Masahide
M
Ohuchida
Jiro
J
Kai
Masahiro
M
Nagano
Motoaki
M
Nagaike
Koki
K
Kondo
Kazuhiro
K
Akiyama
Yutaka
Y
Kataoka
Hiroaki
H
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003135:Common Bile Duct; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods