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Management and diagnosis of mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma in a case report

Abstract:

Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare and aggressive adenocarcino-ma that arises from epithelial cells of the biliary tract, the intrahepatic has a very low incidence worldwide < 10% in relation to extrahepatic patients. We present this case of an elderly female patient with no history of importance and risk factors that help us discern her etiology, imaging studies, the-rapeutic that were provided by the endoscopic retrograde cho-langiopancreatography with the placement of 10 x 80 mm partially covered metallic stent for biliary drainage as a pa-lliative measure.