Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery

A Rare Case Study Biliary Cystadenoma: Management and Review of Literature

Mohammad Shoeb *

Department of General Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, India.

Madhura Killedar

Department of General Surgery, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, India.

Sudhanwa Pathak

Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College and Hospital, Sangli, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

This case reports the obstructive jaundice and cholangitis correlate with malignant disease and typically occurs with extra hepatic biliary cystadenoma. A 50 years non-alcoholic, post-menopausal female patient presented to OPD with itching all over the body for 3 months. She had colicky type of pain in upper abdomen from last 7 days. ERCP with stenting was done and planned for definitive surgery. CBD exploration done, cystic growth noted in CBD extending till confluence of ducts, growth removal done. Sent for histopathological examination with came to be biliary cystadenoma. Post operatively no complications were developed.

Epithetical cells that line the gall bladder or bile ducts are the source of biliary cystadenoma. These cells are multiloculated and multiseptated. Another method is enucleation which is Recommend in cases where the tumour size and positioning makes resection unachievable.

Keywords: Biliary cystadenomas, tumour epithelial cells, hepatobiliary stem cells

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