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Extrahepatic Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Foveolar Type

MedGen UID:
474760
•Concept ID:
C3273127
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

An unusual, well differentiated adenocarcinoma that arises from the extrahepatic bile ducts. It is characterized by the presence of tall malignant columnar cells with mucin-containing cytoplasm and basally located nuclei. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVExtrahepatic Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma, Gastric Foveolar Type

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Phenotypic diversity of intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma on aspiration cytology and core needle biopsy: case series and review of the literature.
Chaudhary HB, Bhanot P, Logroño R
Cancer 2005 Aug 25;105(4):220-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21155. PMID: 15952192

Diagnosis

Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa in the Common Bile Duct With Cholangiocarcinoma.
Kim Y, Jung MJ, Shin SJ
Int J Surg Pathol 2018 Dec;26(8):745-748. Epub 2018 May 10 doi: 10.1177/1066896918775531. PMID: 29742955
Phenotypic diversity of intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma on aspiration cytology and core needle biopsy: case series and review of the literature.
Chaudhary HB, Bhanot P, Logroño R
Cancer 2005 Aug 25;105(4):220-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.21155. PMID: 15952192
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, gastric foveolar type, of the extrahepatic bile ducts: A previously unrecognized and distinctive morphologic variant of bile duct carcinoma.
Albores-Saavedra J, Delgado R, Henson DE
Ann Diagn Pathol 1999 Apr;3(2):75-80. doi: 10.1016/s1092-9134(99)80033-1. PMID: 10196386

Prognosis

Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa in the Common Bile Duct With Cholangiocarcinoma.
Kim Y, Jung MJ, Shin SJ
Int J Surg Pathol 2018 Dec;26(8):745-748. Epub 2018 May 10 doi: 10.1177/1066896918775531. PMID: 29742955

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