title: Intra and extra-hepatic cystadenoma of the biliary duct. Review of literature and radiological and pathological characteristics of a very rare case.
abstract: Painless obstructive jaundice is often associated with a malignant disease of the common bile duct or head of the pancreas. The authors present a unique case of a 62-year-old woman affected by an intrahepatic cystadenoma that extended into the common biliary duct. To our knowledge no previous case reports have been published on similar cases. After undergoing an en-block hepatic and bile duct resection, this patient is doing well without signs of recurrent disease.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soochan
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Keough
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wanless
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molinari
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017734:Bile Ducts, Extrahepatic; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed