Open AccessCarcinoma of the cystic duct presenting as obstructive jaundice
Author(s) -
Sunita Bamanikar,
N K Panicker,
Balaji Dhaigude,
Sangeeta Choudhary,
Archana Buch
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.153170
Subject(s) - cystic duct , medicine , exploratory laparotomy , laparotomy , jaundice , obstructive jaundice , common bile duct , radiology , duct (anatomy) , intrahepatic bile ducts , adenocarcinoma , cholecystectomy , bile duct , pathology , general surgery , gastroenterology , anatomy , cancer
Cystic duct carcinoma is a rare disease. We present here a case of 33-year-old female patient who presented with obstructive jaundice. An abdominal ultrasound and computed tomography scan showed dilatation of intrahepatic biliary radicals with abrupt narrowing of the common bile duct and markedly distended gall bladder suggestive of obstructive pathology. Following an exploratory laparotomy, a markedly distended gall bladder, cystic duct specimen and infrapyloric lymph nodes were sent for histopathological examination. Histopathological examination revealed a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma of the cystic duct with no lymph node metastasis