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A 64-year-old woman with upper abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting was admitted. The magnetic resonance imaging revealed marked dilation and "crowding" of the segment 4 bile ducts with an area suspicious for a stone or tumor. Ultrasonography-guided percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography revealed
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) originates from the secondary branch of the bile duct and the intrahepatic bile duct epithelial cells, and is a rare pathological type of primary liver cancer. Recently, apatinib has been successfully used for a variety of Malignant hypercalcemia and thrombocytopenia may result from bone metastasis of cholangiocarcinoma (CC). Our case was 53-year-old man admitted to emergency department with symptoms of anorexia, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, and general fatigue in February 2012. His laboratory findings showed
Case 1: A 64-year-old man with a chiefcomplaint ofbloody stools was seen in our hospital. He underwent an extended right lobe resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma 3 years ago and was in the middle of chemotherapy for multiple metastases. Case 2: A 69-year-old man with a chiefcomplaint ofbloody
A 9-year-old male Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) with a history of anorexia and vomiting died of a liver tumor. The tumor consisted of neoplastic cells with hepatocellular and cholangiocellular differentiations and their intermingled areas. Neoplastic hepatocytes showed islands or trabecular
The authors evaluated the activity and toxicity of docetaxel given as a 1-hour infusion every 21 days in patients with unresectable cholangiocarcinoma. Seventeen patients with cytologically or histologically confirmed cholangiocarcinoma received intravenous docetaxel over 1 hour, repeated every 21
BACKGROUND
A 72-year-old hypertensive woman presented with a 2-month history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain. She had a 15-day history of jaundice, fever with chills and shivering, nausea, vomiting, weight loss and generalized pruritus.
METHODS
Physical examination, laboratory evaluation,
Fascioliasis is a zoonotic infestation caused by Fasciola hepatica that usually attacks mammals, such as goats, sheep and cattle. The parasites can infect humans via freshwater plants contaminated with encysted metacercariae. In the acute phase, which involves hepatic invasion, the disease may
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an uncommon cancer and accounts only for 3% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. In this report, we present a case of an intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma masquerading as acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP). A 38-year-old female who is 36-week pregnant presented with a
Cholangiocarcinoma most commonly presents as painless progressive jaundice. We report a case occurring in a 56-year-old Chinese woman with an unusual presentation of progressive dysphagia and vomiting. Oesophageal manometric and barium studies were indicative of achalasia, and computed tomography
Tumor-associated gastroparesis, though reported in association with various malignancies, is rare in patients with cholangiocarcinoma. We report a 55-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia and recurrent vomiting. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed dilated stomach and excess residue without
In a 32-year-old Laotian immigrant who presented with a two-day history of vomiting, abdominal pain and jaundice, ultrasound examination revealed a posthepatic obstruction. Characteristic parasitic ova were present in bile fluid submitted for cytologic evaluation. Subsequent biopsy of the patient's
Cases of patients developing lymphoma and cutaneous neoplasms after long-term methotrexate therapy are well documented in the literature; however, there are no reported cases of other neoplasms resulting from methotrexate therapy. A 52-year-old woman who had been on methotrexate for 9 years for
UNASSIGNED
The aim is to report clinical outcomes of hepatic intra-arterial (IACHT) and systemic chemotherapy (SCHT), followed by gemcitabine-based maintenance therapy (maintenance), for the treatment of relapsed or unresectable cholangiocarcinoma.
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In this retrospective observational
Obstructive jaundice due to hilar cholangiocarcinoma is difficult to decompress because of the location of the tumor. We used external radiation alone for biliary decompression and reviewed its efficacy in this study. Subjects comprised 14 patients diagnosed as having inoperable hilar