RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Carcinoids of the common bile duct: a case report and literature review
JF Canadian Journal of Surgery
JO CAN J SURG
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 59
OP 63
VO 42
IS 1
A1 Ross, Alison C.
A1 Hurley, James B.
A1 Hay, W. Bruce
A1 Rusnak, Conrad H.
A1 Petrunia, Denis M.
YR 1999
UL http://canjsurg.ca/content/42/1/59.abstract
AB Carcinoids of the extrahepatic bile ducts and particularly the common bile duct are extremely rare. A 65-year-old woman presented with obstructive jaundice. Laboratory and imaging studies gave results that were consistent with an obstructing lesion in the common bile duct. In this case, a stent was inserted initially to decompress the bile ducts. Subsequently a laparotomy and pancreaticoduodenectomy were performed and a tissue diagnosis of carcinoid of the common bile duct was made. The patient was well with no evidence of recurrence 17 months postoperatively. The authors believe this is the 19th reported case of an extrahepatic bile duct carcinoid.