Authors: Ayesha Qayum Taylor S Riall Ramesh Srinivasan Fernando A Salazar
Publish Date: 2007/09/01
Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 609-611
Abstract
A 51yearold man with no significant past medical history presented with a 3day history of nausea and vomiting and 1 month history of jaundice He had presented to an outside hospital 1 month prior with a bilirubin of 10 mg/dL increased liver function test values and an increased white blood cell count He was determined to have obstructive jaundice He underwent an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography which showed an irregular mass in the common bile duct and biopsy suggested a neuroendocrine tumor but was not definitive An endostent was placed to relieve the obstruction caused by the mass
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