Occult mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma in situ: a rare clinical case with difficult tumour staging

BACKGROUND: Mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma (MPCC) is an uncommon tumour that is clinically characterized by mucin-hypersecretion. Because the initial symptoms of MPCC may be attributed to the viscus mucobilia, the primary tumour mass may potentially be unrecognizable. We report an interesting ca...

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Published in:Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Kiriyama, Muneyasu, Ebata, Tomoki, Yokoyama, Yukihiro, Igami, Tsuyoshi, Sugawara, Gen, Mizuno, Takashi, Yamaguchi, Junpei, Nagino, Masato
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215194/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28054282
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-016-0283-x
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