Unusual paired hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence in the biliary system after liver resection and endoscopic sphincterotomy

Abstract

Highlight Kagoura and colleagues report a rare case of paired hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after hepatectomy with removal of a bile duct tumor thrombosis following endoscopic sphincterotomy. Recurrence is believed to have occurred both at the stump of the hepatic bile duct and at the post-sphincterotomy site of the papilla of Vater.

Keywords: bile duct tumor thrombosis; duodenal papilla tumor; endoscopic retrograde cholangiography; endoscopic sphincterotomy; hepatocellular carcinoma.