Solitary rib recurrence of hilar cholangiocarcinoma 10 years after resection: report of a case

A 61-year-old female underwent right hemihepatectomy and caudate lobectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma in 1999. Ten years later, increasing serum carbohydrate 19-9 was detected by routine follow-up. Subsequent positron emission tomography revealed an asymptomatic lesion in the right 11th rib. As th...

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Main Authors: Ota, Yohei, Matsuyama, Ryusei, Taniguchi, Koichi, Ueda, Michio, Takeda, Kazuhisa, Tanaka, Kuniya, Nakayama, Takashi, Endo, Itaru
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer Japan 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851936/