[A case of mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma with inflammatory wall thickening and reduction in size at 5 months]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2008 Jan;105(1):68-73.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We experienced a case of mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma with inflammatory wall thickening for 5 months. A 46-year-old man who had a stomach punch ulcer, was found to have a cyst by chance on CT. After 5 months, the diameter of the cyst on CT had decreased, the wall thickness increased and the border was unclear. We diagnosed mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma and found it invading the surrounding liver. So we conducted left hepatectomy and caudate lobectomy. Pathologically, mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma was confirmed, but the wall thickening was due to inflammation not cancer invasion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic*
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / metabolism
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mucins / biosynthesis

Substances

  • Mucins