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Hilar cholangiocarcinoma has been reputed as a slow growth tumor in the past. Skeletal muscle is one of the most unusual sites of metastasis from any malignancy. We report herein a case of hilar cholangiocarcinoma with synchronous metastases to skeletal muscle and breast, and review the literature. The patient was a 48-year-old woman who presented with jaundice and weight loss. An inoperable hilar cholangiocarcinoma was diagnosed. She was treated with a combination of endoscopic plastic stent biliary drainage and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT). Good response was achieved. Ten months later, she exhibited with a painful metastatic mass in the muscle rectus femoris of left thigh and a painless mass in the left breast. She underwent operation to relieve the pain, but died from liver failure after 8 months. The literature only offers isolated cases of cholangiocarcinoma with distant metastases, of which the common sites were cervical lymph node, bone, and portal venous system. Most patients were presented with multiple metastases with extensive local disease.
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Ding, G., Yang, J., Cheng, S. et al. Hilar cholangiocarcinoma with synchronous metastases to breast and skeletal muscle: A case report and literature review. Chinese German J Clin Oncol 5, 216–218 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10330-006-0467-0
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