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Case Reports
. 1990 Sep;36(11):2067-72.

[A biliary endocrine cell carcinoma: a report of two cases]

[Article in Japanese]
A Watanuki  1 , T Yokomori, T Taniguchi, H Iesato, I Takeyoshi, K Kawano, N Tomizawa, Y Miyamoto, I Emura
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  • PMID: 2232174
Case Reports

[A biliary endocrine cell carcinoma: a report of two cases]

[Article in Japanese]
A Watanuki et al. Gan No Rinsho. 1990 Sep.

Abstract

An endocrine cell carcinoma is a carcinoid tumor that has an especially malignant prognosis. We herein report on 2 cases of a biliary endocrine cell carcinoma. Case 1 involved a 68 year old man manifesting a fever, jaundice, hepatomegaly and a ballooned gallbladder. After decreasing the jaundice by PTCD, an exploratory abdominal operation was performed. As a tumor was found at the papilla of Vater, a pancreaticoduodenectomy was done. Case 2 involved a 72 year old woman who was diagnosed as having a gallbladder tumor and cholelithiasis. She was given a cholecystectomy and a choledocholithotomy. These 2 cases had hepatic metastasis within a year and subsequently died. Procedurally, an endocrine cell carcinoma should be treated separately from classical carcinoid tumors.

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