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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018226
A Case of Laparoscopically Detected Cholangiocarcinoma of a Few Millimeters in Size, with Portal Fibrosis
Publication History
Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)
Summary
A 54-year-old male with no subjective complaints was admitted to our hospital with fatty liver and low echoic lesion of 3 × 4 cm, thereafter revealed to be a hemangioma. A white lesion of few millimeters in size was detected in the left lobe of the liver at laparoscopic examination, and histologically diagnosed in an aimed biopsy as cholangiocarcinoma. Another 5 lesions (three white spots, a white longitudinal protrusion and a white lesion with a lacy pattern) suggestive of malignancy were also selectively biopsied, but all proved histologically negative. Microwave coagulation was applied to all biopsied sites as anti-cancer therapy.
Key words:
Millimeter (mm) hepatoma - Laparoscopy - Aimed biopsy - Therapeutic laparoscopy