Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma with Central Calcification.
10.15279/kpba.2016.21.2.96
- Author:
Hyo Sun KIM
1
;
Jai Hoon YOON
;
Jeong Ho EOM
;
Seok Won LEE
;
Tae Young PARK
;
Sung Koo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. yoonjh@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cholangiocarcinoma;
Intrahepatic;
Central;
Calcification
- MeSH:
Adenocarcinoma;
Bile Ducts;
Biopsy;
Cholangiocarcinoma*;
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Dyspepsia;
Female;
Hepatic Duct, Common;
Humans;
Jaundice;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Pathology;
Positron-Emission Tomography
- From:Korean Journal of Pancreas and Biliary Tract
2016;21(2):96-100
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 50-year-old woman complained of jaundice and dyspepsia that started 2 weeks prior to consultation. Abdomen-pelvic computed tomography showed a 3 cm mass in the right hepatic duct with central calcification, which was spreading into the second branch. Repeated biopsies through endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography were needed for pathology, which was consistent with an adenocarcinoma. Imaging studies including positron emission tomography showed no evidence of distant metastasis. The patient underwent right lobectomy with bile duct resection. The final diagnosis was intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with central calcification. We reported a very rare case of centrally calcified mass growing in the second branch of the right hepatic duct. The possibility of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with central calcification should be considered for differential diagnosis of intrahepatic calcification.
