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
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
e48894Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Lu et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.