Highly Invasive Biliary Cancer Presenting as Multiple Extrabiliary Lesions Masquerading as Abscesses.

bile duct cancer biliary carcinosarcoma carcinosarcoma endoscopic ultrasound (eus) metastatic gall bladder

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Historique:
accepted: 15 11 2023
medline: 18 12 2023
pubmed: 18 12 2023
entrez: 18 12 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Carcinosarcomas of the biliary tract are an extremely rare type of malignancy and may be low on a differential when presenting as multiple metastatic masses. In this case report, we report a case of a female who presented with an aggressive late-stage disease whose initial workup did not indicate a malignant process. Further complicating her care, biopsy samples taken from extra-hepatic masses were culture-positive for

Identifiants

pubmed: 38106784
doi: 10.7759/cureus.48894
pmc: PMC10725195
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e48894

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023, Lu et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Auteurs

Alexander Lu (A)

Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

Alireza Mojtahedi (A)

Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

Lukman Cheraghvandi (L)

Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

David Wynne (D)

Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

Neda Zarrin-Khameh (N)

Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

Mohammad Ghasemi Rad (M)

Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.

Classifications MeSH