Mucinous cholangiocarcinoma: Clinicopathological features of the rarest type of cholangiocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Mucinous cholangiocarcinoma is extremely rare and its clinicopathological features remain unclear. The present study aimed to analyze published data on mucinous cholangiocarcinoma. Medical databases were searched from 1980 to 2016, and clinicopathological data for 16 mucinous cholangiocarcinoma patients were obtained. Characteristic imaging findings, including hypovascular tumor with peripheral enhancement on computed tomography and angiography, extremely high intensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance images, intratumoral calcification and luminal communication between the tumor and bile duct on cholangiography, were noted. Mucinous cholangiocarcinoma was correctly diagnosed in one patient only, with some patients diagnosed as low-malignant biliary cystic tumors preoperatively. Five case

SUBMITTER: Sumiyoshi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5881371 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature