Primary biliary carcinoma: CT evaluation. Radiology 1984 Aug;152(2):479-83
Date
08/01/1984Pubmed ID
6739819DOI
10.1148/radiology.152.2.6739819Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0021241855 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 62 CitationsAbstract
Fifty-three patients with documented primary biliary carcinoma were studied with computed tomography. Twenty-six patients had gallbladder carcinoma and 27 patients had carcinoma of the biliary ductal system. Ninety percent of patients with gallbladder cancer had an intraluminal mass. Local invasion into the liver was common. The majority of patients with biliary ductal carcinoma had dilated bile ducts, while only 50% of patients with gallbladder cancer had biliary ductal dilatation. The most common location of tumor involving the extrahepatic biliary ductal system was the distal common bile duct. This occurred in eight patients out of 27, or 30% of the cases.
Author List
Thorsen MK, Quiroz F, Lawson TL, Smith DF, Foley WD, Stewart ETMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultAged
Bile Duct Neoplasms
Carcinoma
Female
Gallbladder Neoplasms
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
