[Liver metastases from colonic adenocarcinoma simulating cholangiocarcinoma].
Macroscopic intrabiliary growth of liver metastases from colonic adenocarcinoma mimicking cholangiocarcinoma, a pattern of intrahepatic spread easily confused with primary neoplasia of the biliary tract, is extremely infrequent. Resection of liver metastases has a better prognosis than that of primary neoplasia of the biliary tract. We report a case of metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the colon that presented as a Klatskin tumor. The definitive diagnosis was established by immunostaining.
Fraguela Mariña
José Antonio
JA
Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo A, La Coruña, España.
Fernández Blanco
Celsa
C
Alonso Fernández
Leticia
L
Taboada Filgueira
Luis
L
Robles Veiga
Olga
O
Gómez Freijoso
Carlos
C
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018285:Klatskin Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged