Carcinosarcoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts: cholangiographic and CT appearance

Abdom Imaging. 1997 Jan-Feb;22(1):85-6. doi: 10.1007/s002619900146.

Abstract

A case of histologically proven carcinosarcoma arising in the extrahepatic biliary tree is presented. The tumor appeared on cholangiography and computed tomography as a large expansile intraluminal mass causing biliary obstruction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Bile Duct Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinosarcoma / pathology
  • Cholangiography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*