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Thirteen-year disease-free survival after surgery for cystic duct carcinoma: a case report.
Case Rep Gastroenterol
September 2008
Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Center of Tours, Tours, France.
Cystic duct carcinoma is known to have a better prognosis compared to its location in other biliary ducts. Only one case with a survival over ten years has been previously published. The authors report a case of survival over 13 years without recurrence or metastasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmputation neuroma mimics common hepatic duct carcinoma.
Hepatogastroenterology
December 2000
Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Most amputation neuromas of the biliary tract occur in the cystic duct stump after cholecystectomy and are asymptomatic. However, when they arise in the main hepatic duct and are associated with obstructive jaundice, it is difficult to distinguish them from carcinoma. We describe a case in which preoperative differential diagnosis was difficult.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Pneumopericardium and retroperitoneal and scrotal emphysema after endoscopic papillotomy].
Z Gastroenterol
January 2000
Medizinische Klinik des St.-Elisabeth-Krankenhauses, Köln.
Retroduodenal perforation is considered a rare but serious complication of endoscopic papillotomy. We report on a patient suffering from a stenotic occlusion of the ductus hepatico-choledochus on whom a pre-cut via needle-knife was performed in order to place a stent. Hours after the procedure, the patient developed an extensive pneumoretroperitoneum, pneumopericardium and scrotal emphysema.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOutcomes of aggressive treatment of stage IV gallbladder cancer and predictors of survival.
Hepatogastroenterology
November 1999
Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Background/aims: Stage IV gallbladder carcinoma patients are rarely considered treatable by resection. They resign themselves to palliation because there is no long-term survival data available on the risks of morbidity and mortality following aggressive treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate predictors of survival following aggressive resection surgery for stage IV gallbladder carcinoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarcinoma of the cystic duct leading to obstructive jaundice. A case report and review of the literature.
Dig Surg
January 1999
Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery (Chairman: Prof. M.W. Büchler), Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Only 34 cases of primary cystic duct carcinoma have previously been published in the literature. Most of these cases presented with upper abdominal pain and a palpable mass in the right upper quadrant due to gallbladder hydrops or cholecystitis. We report a case of cystic duct carcinoma with the clinical presentation of obstructive jaundice.
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