Mucin-producing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with portal vein thrombosis
Toshio Nakagohri1, Taira Kinoshita, Masaru Konishi
1Department of Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8577, Japan. tnakagor@east.ncc.go.jp
Hepato-Gastroenterology
|December 31, 2003
Abstract:
Mucin-producing intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is rare. Computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging showed a well-defined tumor with marked dilatation of the left intrahepatic bile duct and portal vein thrombosis. We performed extended left hepatectomy and portal vein thrombectomy. A massive amount of mucin was observed in the left intrahepatic bile duct. Histological examination revealed noninvasive and well differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma.
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