title: Cystic duct carcinoma mimicking a middle bile duct tumour.
abstract: Cystic duct carcinoma was defined by Farrar as a tumour restricted to the cystic duct, making it a rare disease. The authors describe a case of a cystic duct carcinoma that fulfils Farrar's strict diagnostic criteria and that became clinically relevant by compressing the common hepatic duct, thus causing cholestasis. A cholecystectomy was performed with en bloc resection of the cystic and extrahepatic bile duct with a regional lymphadenectomy.
authors.affiliation: CHVNG/E, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Elsa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Francisco
authors.affiliation: CHVNG/E, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: CHVNG/E, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Sílvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vale
authors.affiliation: CHVNG/E, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Esteves
mesh_terms: D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D003549:Cystic Duct / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
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