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ArticleOncology letters2019

A case of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma that was difficult to diagnose prior to surgery: A case report.

Ken Nagata, Takahiro Einama, Akifumi Kimura, Michinori Murayama, Hiroteru Takeo, Makoto Nishikawa, Mayumi Hoshikawa, Takuji Noro, Sho Ogata, Suefumi Aosasa and 8 more

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Article in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ken NagataDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Takahiro EinamaDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Akifumi KimuraDepartment of Surgery, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-8532, Japan.
Michinori MurayamaDepartment of Surgery, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-8532, Japan.
Hiroteru TakeoDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital, Setagaya, Tokyo 154-8532, Japan.
Makoto NishikawaDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Mayumi HoshikawaDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Takuji NoroDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Sho OgataDepartment of Pathology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-0042, Japan.
Suefumi AosasaDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Yoshiki KajiwaraDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Eiji ShintoDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Yoshihisa YaguchiDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Shuichi HirakiDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Hironori TsujimotoDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Kazuo HaseDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Hideki UenoDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
Junji YamamotoDepartment of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
National Defense Medical College · JPSelf-Defense Forces Central Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study reports a case of mass-forming intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), which mimicked cholangiocellular carcinoma (CoCC) during imaging and a needle biopsy examination. A 51-year-old female with no relevant medical history was referred to the National Defense Medical College hospital with an intrahepatic tumor. Computed tomography demonstrated non-homogeneous enhancement in the early arterial phase and persistent enhancement in the portal and equilibrium phases, together with notable swelling of the para-aortic lymph nodes. Gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging revealed low signal intensity in the hepatobiliary phase. The liver tumor and lymph nodes exhibited increased radiotracer uptake (maximum standardized uptake value=14.0) with positron emission tomography. A histological examination of a percutaneous needle biopsy specimen of the liver tumor indicated a diagnosis of CoCC. The patient underwent left hepatectomy and lymphadenectomy. The surgical specimen contained a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with anaplastic changes, which was immunohistochemically positive for epithelial membrane antigen (at the luminal membrane), cytokeratins 7 and 19, and negative for α-fetoprotein, hepatocyte-specific antigen, cluster of differentiation 56 and KIT. Based on these histopathological and immunohistochemical findings, the patient was diagnosed with ICC.

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cholangiocellular carcinomadiagnosisintrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

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