TITLE:
Cystic Degeneration of Peripheral Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: An Atypical Presentation
AUTHORS:
Leandro Trstão Abi-Ramia de Moraes, José Vitor Rassi Garcia, Anderson da costa Lino Costa, Marcos Duarte Guimarães
KEYWORDS:
Cholangiocarcinoma, Peripheral Cholangiocarcinoma, Intrahepatic Cholangiocarinoma, Liver Neoplasms, Bile Ducts Neoplasms, Cystic Lesion
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.8 No.3,
March
13,
2019
ABSTRACT: Cholangiocarcinomas are primary malignant tumors of the liver that arises from the epithelium lining the small intra and extrahepatic bile ducts, and has numerous histologic types and growth patterns. At computed tomography (CT) and magnetic ressonance (MR), it has various appearences which motivated the present study; we present a case within an atypical presentation. The objective is to show the variety of differential diagnoses before an atypical aspect and the importance of the imaging methods for the diagnosis. Cholangiocarcinoma is still an uncommon neoplasm, and CT and MR are crucial for accurate diagnosis and for differentiation from other hepatic tumorous and nontumorous lesions.