An incidental finding of carcinoid tumor of the cystic duct

Hoang U Lim; Cyrus C Chan; F Barry Knotts

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjt021

An incidental finding of carcinoid tumor of the cystic duct

J Surg Case Rep. 2013 Apr 4;2013(4):rjt021. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjt021.

Authors

Hoang U Lim¹, Cyrus C Chan², F Barry Knotts³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo,OH, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA cyrus.chan@utoledo.edu.
³ Department of Surgery, Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA.

Abstract

Cystic duct carcinoids are extremely rare tumors. We present a 58-year-old female with carcinoid tumor found within the cystic duct margin following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She subsequently underwent surgical resection with a Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy. No standard guidelines currently exist regarding surgical excision of these rare tumors. Therefore, we conducted a thorough review of the literature to recommend complete oncologic surgical resection with re-establishment of biliary continuity as the mainstay of definitive treatment; adjuvant therapy currently remains investigational. Long-term prognosis is good with this approach.

Publication types

Case Reports