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Carcinoid tmour of the common bile duct: report of a case and a review of the literature.

Caglikulekci M, Dirlik M, Aydin O, Ozer C, Colak T, Dag A, Canbaz H, Aydin S.

Department of General Surgery, Mersin University Medical School, Metzitli-Mersin, Turkey. mcaglikulekci@yahoo.com

Carcinoid tumours of the common bile duct are extremely rare lesions. In this article we report a case with an extrahepatic bile duct carcinoid tumour. A 40-year-old woman suffered from biliary colic and jaundice. Pre-operative computed tomography demonstrated a tumour in the biliary tract. At laparotomy there was a tumour invading the common bile duct. Common bile duct resection was performed. Carcinoid tumour of the common bile duct was diagnosed histopathologically. For extrahepatic bile duct carcinoid tumours surgical resection is the only treatment modality that offers a chance to provide a cure and prolonged disease-free survival. The favourable histopathological and biological features of these tumours encouraged the surgeons to use more aggressive approaches for advanced disease.

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