Abstract

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), which is ordinarily a very invasive tumor and often takes a rapid and fatal course, sometimes shows macroscopic intra bile duct extension. We present a case of a 45-year-old Indian gentleman who presented with jaundice. Further evaluation with contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abdomen revealed mass lesion in segment 4 of liver with extension into the bile duct. A formal left hepatectomy with gall bladder and bile duct tumour thrombus extraction with bile duct excision followed by a Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy was performed. Intra bile duct growth of ICC may reflect indolent biological behavior and thus warrants an aggressive surgical approach, which appears to give a good prognosis.

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