Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.
2016 Jul;21(3):174-179. 10.15279/kpba.2016.21.3.174.
A Case of Intrahepatic Sarcomatoid Cholangiocarcinoma Mimicking Liver Abscess
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea. kwmin.kim@samsung.com
- KMID: 2448533
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.15279/kpba.2016.21.3.174
Abstract
- Sarcomatoid transformation of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is rarely found but usually has very poor prognosis due to the lack of effective approaches for early detection and its aggressive nature. We report a case of this tumor type, in a 60-year-old man who was referred to our hospital for further evaluation of screening-detected, asymptomatic hepatic lesion. Clinical diagnosis was elusive despite performance of different imaging modalities and a transcutaneous liver biopsy. Pathology of the surgically resected tumor demonstrated intrahepatic sarcomatoid cholangiocarcinoma. In our case, tumor cells expressed strong immunoreactivity to both cytokeratin-19 and vimentin. We assume the relatively good prognosis of this patient would be expected because surgery played a critical role at an early stage of the tumor.
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