Diagnosis of bile duct hepatocellular carcinoma thrombus without obvious intrahepatic mass

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摘要 AIM:Tostudythediagnosisofhepatocellularcarcinoma(HCC)presentingasbileducttumorthrombuswithnodetectableintrahepaticmass.METHODS:SixpatientswithpathologicallyprovenbileductHCCthrombibutnointrahepaticmassdemonstratedonthepreoperativeimagingorpalpatedintrahepaticmassduringoperativeexploration,werecollected.Theirclinicalandimagingdatawereretrospectivelyanalyzed.Themajorfindingsorsignsoncomprehensiveimagingwerecorrelatedwiththesurgicalandpathologicfindings.RESULTS:Jaundicewasthemajorclinicalsymptomofthepatients.Theelevatedserumtotalbilirubin,directbilirubinandalanineaminotransferaselevelswereinconcordancewithobstructivejaundiceandtheunderlyingliverdisease.Ofthe6patientsshowingevidenceofviralhepatitis,5werepositiveforserumalphafetoproteinandcarbohydrateantigen19-9,and1waspositiveforserumcarcinoembryonicantigen.Nopatientwascorrectlydiagnosedbyultrasound.Themainfeaturesofpatientsoncomprehensiveimagingwerefillingdefectswithcup-shapedendsofthebileduct,withlargefillingdefectspresentingascastingmouldsintheexpandedbileduct,hypervascularintraluminalnodules,debrisorbloodclotsinthebileduct.Noobviouscircularthickeningofthebileductwallswasobserved.CONCLUSION:Evenwithnodetectableintrahepatictumor,bileductHCCthrombusshouldbeconsideredinpatientspredisposedtoHCC,andsomeimagingsignsareindicativeofitsdiagnosis.
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出版日期 2010年12月22日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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