Primary carcinoma of the cystic duct: a case report and review of classifications

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• 作者：Lovenish Bains ; Daljit Kaur ; Arun Kumar Kakar…
• 关键词：Carcinoma of cystic duct ; Adenocarcinoma ; Common bile duct (CBD) ; Magnetic resonance imaging
• 刊名：World Journal of Surgical Oncology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：876KB
• 刊物主题：Surgical Oncology;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1477-7819
• 卷排序：15

文摘

BackgroundThe incidence of extrahepatic bile duct malignancies is about 2–3.6% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. Primary carcinoma of cystic duct is a rare condition comprising a fraction of all extrahepatic bile duct malignancies with less than 70 cases reported worldwide. Majority of these cases were reported from East Asia. There is paucity in such case being reported from Indian subcontinent. We present a case of primary carcinoma of the cystic duct encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.