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Curative resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma in a 25-year-old woman: report of a case.
Surgery today - 1 Jul 2014
Murakami Sae, Ajiki Tetsuo, Ueno Kimihiko, Sawa Hidehiro, Tsuchida Shinobu, Otsubo Izuru, Yoshida Yuko, Shinozaki Kenta, Okazaki Taro, Matsumoto Ippei, Fukumoto Takumi, Ku Yonson
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A 25-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with persistent upper abdominal pain. Preoperative imaging studies revealed a hilar bile duct stricture with portal venous encasement, and the patient underwent curative resection involving extended left hepatectomy and segmental portal vein resection. The pathological findings demonstrated a well-differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma of the bile duct with regional...
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