Hepatic composite tumor in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis

Pathol Res Pract. 2009;205(5):361-4. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.11.008. Epub 2009 Jan 19.

Abstract

A focal intrahepatic enhancing lesion with associated bile duct stricture was identified in a 25-year-old woman with a history of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) who was being evaluated for increasing liver enzymes. Partial hepatectomy was performed, revealing a composite tumor with neuroendocrine and cholangiocarcinomatous differentiation. Only one composite tumor of the liver has been previously reported in the literature [H. Hidaka, S. Kuwao, S. Kokubu, K. Yanagimoto, A. Satomichi, M. Takada, T. Nakazawa, K. Saigenji, Mixed carcinoid-adenocarcinoma of the liver, Intern. Med. 39 (2000) 910-913], and to our knowledge, this is the first report of such a tumor in association with PSC. We report this very unusual case and discuss the potential association of neuroendocrine carcinoma with primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / complications
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine / pathology*
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / complications
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / metabolism
  • Cholangiocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / complications
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / metabolism
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / pathology*
  • Colitis / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / complications
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / metabolism
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*