Non-functioning well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor of the extrahepatic bile duct: An unusual suspect?

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-552

  Sethi, Harsheet ^a   Madanur, Mansoor ^a   Srinivasan, Parthi ^a   Portmann, Bernard ^a   Heaton, Nigel ^a   Rela, Mohamed ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary; Carcinoid; Common bile duct; Neuroendocrine tumor

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; LEG EDEMA; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34948845665     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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