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[A Case Report of Long-Term Survival after Excision for Needle Tract Implantation of Biopsy and Hepatectomy for Cholangiocarcinoma with Gall Bladder Hemorrhage].
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy 2017 November
A 77-year-old men with abdominal pain suffered from gall bladder hemorrhage and liver abcess was admitted for intensive care of severe acute cholangitis. He had hemobilia which was treated by the endoscopic retrograde bile duct drainage. After 2 months treatment with rest for purulent myelitis, he had neoplastic change of liver abcess diagnosed as intrahepatic bile duct cancer by percutaneous core needle biopsy. He underwent surgery as central bisegmentectomy and left the hospital at home 3 months later after rehabilitation for surgical site infection. He noticed growing mass on right chest 6 months later after hepatectomy and was diagnosed as needle tract implantation in chest wall by CT examination. Pathological exam revealed cholangiocarcinoma by radical excision. He have disease free for 5 years after second operation. Although percutaneous biopsy for hepatic tumor increases risks of needle tract implantation and dissemination, there is an advantage of radical resection for tract implantaion.
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