Intraluminal Tumor of the Common Bile Duct as a Metastasis of Renal Cell Carcinoma

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. 720 - 723
• Main Authors: MIYAGISHIMA, Takuto, OHNISHI, Syunsuke, CHUMA, Makoto, KISHIMOTO, Atsuhito, KUMAGAI, Ken-ichi, ISHIZUKA, Jun, KOBAYASHI, Takahiko, KAMIYA, Kiichiro, FUJIMOTO, Nozomu, KAMIYAMA, Toshiya, OGASAWARA, Kazuhiro, HATA, Yoshinobu, TAKAHASHI, Tatsuro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 1996; Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - diagnostic imaging; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - secondary; Cholangiography; choledocholithiasis; Cholestasis - etiology; Common Bile Duct Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Common Bile Duct Neoplasms - pathology; Common Bile Duct Neoplasms - secondary; Female; Humans; Kidney Neoplasms - pathology; Kidneys; Medical sciences; metastatic tumor; Middle Aged; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; obstructive jaundice; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tumors of the urinary system; Kidney disease; Case study; Human; Urinary system disease; Carcinoma; Digestive diseases; Complication; Malignant tumor; Metastasis; Biliary tract disease; Main biliary tract; Kidney
• ISSN: 0918-2918; 1349-7235
• DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.720

A 57-year-old woman was admitted for evaluation of liver dysfunction. A physical examination revealed jaundice and a left abdominal mass, which was diagnosed as being a large renal tumor. Cholangiography showed a smooth filling defect 1 cm in diameter at the common bile duct. Left nephrectomy, and resection of the common bile duct were performed. The pathological diagnosis was metastasis of the common bile duct wall resulting from renal cell carcinoma. Metastatic common bile duct tumors are extremely rare. However, it is important to consider that this is one of the causes of obstructive jaundice. (Internal Medicine 35: 720-723, 1996)