Jaundice Caused by Moderately Differentiated Cholangiocarcinoma in a Young Woman-An Uncommon Diagnosis
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Cholangiocarcinoma is an adenocarcinoma that appears from the epithelium of the bile ducts [1,2], being the second most common hepatobiliary primary malignant tumor, after just the hepatobiliary carcinoma [2] responding by approximately 15% of the cases of hepatic neoplasia’s, having a challenging diagnosis and poor uniformly prognosis [3]. It presents major prevalence in the south-east Asia [4] and it is highly lethal [5].
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تاریخ انتشار 2017