Hepatocellular Carcinoma Confined to the Bile Duct without Hepatic Mass or Jaundice: A Case Report
This case highlights a rare presentation of HCC without a hepatic mass or jaundice, confined to the intrahepatic bile duct. Most patients present with obstructive jaundice. Only two other English-language cases have no prior history of primary HCC, no hepatic mass, no jaundice, and disease confined to the bile duct. Although bile duct-invading HCC is generally associated with poor prognosis, our case suggests that early surgical intervention may lead to favorable long-term outcomes in select patients.
Authors
- Tetsuya Shimizu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5877-9526)
- Ryo Ga
- Mampei Kawashima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7306-728X)
- Yohei Kaneya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4125-0770)
- Yoshiharu Nakamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9504-5337)
- Yukio Oshiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9970-7051)
- Toshiyuki Irie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1577-1305)
- Hiroshi Yoshida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-7813)
- Yuto Aoki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4361-1325)
- Kazuhiko Endo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0379-9490)
- Junji Ueda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-0762)
- Youichi Kawano
- Masato Yoshioka
Institutions
- Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital (JP)
- Hirose Electric (Japan) (JP)
- Chiba Hokusou Hospital (JP)
- Nippon Medical School (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.70352/scrj.cr.25-0429
- Primary Topic
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00