A case of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the cystic duct

Abstract

The patient was a 60-year-old woman complaining of jaundice. Cholangiography demonstrated the stenosis of hilar and upper bile duct and percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTCS) revealed adenocarcinoma by biopsy.
Operative findings showed the prim ary tumor of the cystic duct involving the right hepatic artery and portal vein, and radical resection of the right hepatic lobe, total caudate lobe, bile duct and portal vein was carreid out. Histological diagnosis was poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with scirrhous infiltration. It is rare carcinoma of the cystic duct.