Successful resection of a slow-growing synchronous pulmonary metastasis from distal cholangiocarcinoma resected 3.5 years after initial surgery: a case report

Successful resection of a slow-growing synchronous pulmonary metastasis from distal cholangiocarcinoma resected 3.5 years after initial surgery: a case report

Abstract Background A few reports have described the effectiveness of resection for recurrent cholangiocarcinoma. However, none have described resection of synchronous pulmonary metastasis from distal cholangiocarcinoma. We report the first case, to the best of our knowledge, of a slow-growing synch...

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Main Authors: Teruhisa Sakamoto, Soichiro Honjo, Masaki Morimoto, Masataka Amisaki, Yosuke Arai, Naruo Tokuyasu, Keigo Ashida, Hiroaki Saito, Kanae Nosaka, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Synchronous pulmonary metastasis
Distal cholangiocarcinoma
Lepidic growth
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-018-1671-6

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