Rare Collision Tumor of the Biliary Tract

Malignancies of the gallbladder are uncommon in the developed world. Collision tumors are also extremely rare neoplastic phenomena. Given their scarcity, there are no guidelines for treatment, and prognosis is based on the more aggressive tumor type. We present a patient with a collision tumor consi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Millien, Valentine Ongeri, Sharma, Ashish, Jain, Shilpa, Sealock, Robert J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951561
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2018.46
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Sumario:Malignancies of the gallbladder are uncommon in the developed world. Collision tumors are also extremely rare neoplastic phenomena. Given their scarcity, there are no guidelines for treatment, and prognosis is based on the more aggressive tumor type. We present a patient with a collision tumor consisting of signet-ring cholangiocarcinoma and large-cell neuroendocrine gallbladder carcinoma of the biliary tract, and we review the literature pertaining to biliary tract collision tumors and their management.

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