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Hepatobiliary cystadenocarcinoma with rapid growth: report of a case

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We describe a case of histologically proven hepatobiliary cystadenocarcinoma with an emphasis on the longterm clinical course. The patient was a 75-year-old man who had been diagnosed as having a simple hepatic cyst at our hospital and had been followed up by abdominal sonography (US) for about 10 years. However, the lesion subsequently showed a sudden increase in size and a marked change in US findings, i.e., from a benign hepatic cyst to a complete solid lesion. Contrast-enhanced US revealed the lesion to be filled with fine vessels. This rapid change led us to strongly suspect a hepatobiliary cystadenocarcinoma and, thus, left lateral segmentectomy was performed. The patient is doing well 6 months after the surgical treatment.

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  1. Department of Clinical Physiology, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, 38 Kawaguchii, Yurihonjo, 015-0051, Japan

    Yumiko Kudo, Takaya Kikuchi & Yoshiaki Sato

  2. Department of Surgery, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, Yurihonjo, Japan

    Kenji Hirau & Koh Sugawara

  3. Department of Gastroenterology, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, Yurihonjo, Japan

    Toshihiro Sato & Nobuo Yamada

  4. Department of Radiology, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, Yurihonjo, Japan

    Yutaka Saito

  5. Department of Pathology, Yuri Kumiai General Hospital, Yurihonjo, Japan

    Akihiro Sugita

  6. Center of Diagnostic Ultrasound, Red Cross Hospital, Akita, Japan

    Hideaki Ishida

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Kudo, Y., Kikuchi, T., Sato, Y. et al. Hepatobiliary cystadenocarcinoma with rapid growth: report of a case. J Med Ultrasonics 35, 133–138 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-008-0178-y

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