Abstract
A rare case of autopsy-proven recurrence 10 years after a radical resection for lower bile duct carcinoma is herein reported. The subject is a 53-year-old man who underwent a curative resection of distal bile duct carcinoma with pancreatoduodenectomy in 1981. The lesion was a 1.0 X 1.5 X 1.0 cm well-differentiated papillotubular adenocarcinoma invading the fibromuscular layer of the bile duct with a slight infiltration to the lymphatics but without any extension to the vessels, nerves, connective tissues, or nodes. The patient demonstrated a recurrence 10 years after the initial operation and died 4 months later. An autopsy revealed a 2.0 X 2.5 X 1.6 cm mass at the anastomotic site of hepaticojejunostomy without any distant metastases. Although a late anastomotic recurrence after more than 10 years is unique, this case highlights the difficulty of the operative eradication of bile duct carcinoma. As a result, all possible maneuvers either during or after operation to promote the prophylaxis of recurrence are warranted.
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Tanaka, N., Nobori, M., Kohzuma, T. et al. Anastomotic recurrence at hepaticojejunostomy in a long-term survivor of bile duct carcinoma: Report of a case. Surg Today 24, 280–284 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032903
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