An unexpected cause of common bile duct obstruction diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2023 Sep;115(9):533. doi: 10.17235/reed.2023.9393/2022.

Abstract

A 43-years-old woman with previous cholecystectomy presented as an outpatient with abnormal liver tests. A diagnosis of well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (NET) was made and a 68Ga-DOTA-somatostatin analogue positron emission tomography revealed no apparent metastatic disease.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cholestasis* / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholestasis* / etiology
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image-Guided Biopsy
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors* / complications
  • Neuroendocrine Tumors* / diagnostic imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography