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Neuroma of the Bile Duct: A Late Complication After Cholecystectomy

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Abstract

Introduction

Extrahepatic biliary obstruction with a mass in the common bile duct and elevated CA 19-9 level is often due to cholangiocarcinoma.

Case Report

We present a case of a 71 year-old woman who presented with an extrahepatic biliary obstruction and a mass in the common bile duct 45 years after cholecystectomy. Pathologic analysis revealed a bile duct neuroma. We present the preoperative imaging, operative management, pathologic diagnosis, and literature review of this rare condition.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA

    Ian M. Paquette & David A. Axelrod

  2. Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA

    Arief A. Suriawinata & Kim Ornvold

  3. Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA

    Timothy B. Gardner

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Paquette, I.M., Suriawinata, A.A., Ornvold, K. et al. Neuroma of the Bile Duct: A Late Complication After Cholecystectomy. J Gastrointest Surg 13, 1517–1519 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-009-0814-x

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