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Metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the intrapancreatic bile duct

We report the case of a patient with a history of surgically treated pulmonary leiomyosarcoma, presenting with recurrent acute cholangitis and metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the common bile duct. Preoperative examinations had revealed a high grade malignant neoplasm and bilateral lung metastases. The...

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Autores principales: Perysinakis, Iraklis, Katopodi, Aggeliki, Avlonitis, Spyridon, Georgiadou, Despoina, Choreftaki, Theodosia, Christopoulos, George, Margaris, Ilias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Surgical Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23323239
http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/jkss.2013.84.1.66
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Sumario:We report the case of a patient with a history of surgically treated pulmonary leiomyosarcoma, presenting with recurrent acute cholangitis and metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the common bile duct. Preoperative examinations had revealed a high grade malignant neoplasm and bilateral lung metastases. The patient underwent pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy and survived for 5.5 years after the first diagnosis.