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Obstructive jaundice caused by hepatocellular carcinoma: Detection by endoscopic sonography
Author(s) -
Lee YiChia,
Wang HsiuPo,
Huang ShihPei,
Chang YuTing,
Wu ChenTu,
Yang ChangShyue,
Wu MingShiang,
Lin JawTown
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1050
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , echogenicity , radiology , obstructive jaundice , jaundice , nodule (geology) , thrombus , common hepatic duct , caudate lobe , bile duct , carcinoma , pathology , hepatectomy , ultrasonography , surgery , paleontology , resection , biology
Tumor thrombus in the extrahepatic biliary tree is a rare mechanism of obstructive jaundice. We present a patient with a minute hepatocellular carcinoma in the caudate lobe that invaded the common hepatic duct and caused biliary obstruction. Endoscopic sonography showed a tumor thrombus with central echogenicity and a “nodule‐in‐nodule” pattern and suggested the correct diagnosis. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 29:363–366, 2001.