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Carcinoid tumor of the biliary system

Case report and literature review

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Work-up of a 62-year-old black male, with a complaint of low back pain for three months, revealed a mass in the porta hepatis, narrowing of the common hepatic duct, and dilated intrahepatic bile ducts. A 3 × 4-cm tumor in the common hepatic duct was excised and biliary continuity restored by hepaticojejunostomy. The excised mass was a carcinoid tumor with no evidence of secretory activity. The patient is well 24.5 months after treatment. The literature on carcinoid tumors of the biliary tract is reviewed.

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  1. Department of Surgery (112), University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 3200 Vine Street, 45220, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Donald L. Jutte MD, Richard H. Bell Jr MD,  Israel Penn MD, Jerome Powers MD & Jeevasundari Kolinjivadi MD

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 3200 Vine Street, 45220, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Donald L. Jutte MD, Richard H. Bell Jr MD,  Israel Penn MD, Jerome Powers MD & Jeevasundari Kolinjivadi MD

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 3200 Vine Street, 45220, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Donald L. Jutte MD, Richard H. Bell Jr MD,  Israel Penn MD, Jerome Powers MD & Jeevasundari Kolinjivadi MD

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Jutte, D.L., Bell, R.H., Penn, I. et al. Carcinoid tumor of the biliary system. Digest Dis Sci 32, 763–769 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01296145

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