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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2014; 6(4): 65-69
Published online Apr 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i4.65
Published online Apr 27, 2014. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v6.i4.65
Pancreatic recurrence of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Case report and review of the literature
Ismaïl Labgaa, Myron Eliot Schwartz, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NewYork, NY 10029, United States
Gonzalo Carrasco-Avino, Maria Isabel Fiel, Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, United States
Author contributions: Labgaa I and Schwartz ME designed the report; Schwartz ME was the attending doctor for the patient; Schwartz ME performed the surgical operations; Fiel MI and Carrasco-Avino G performed the pathological examinations; Labgaa I wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Myron Eliot Schwartz, MD, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, RMTI Liver Surgery Program, 5 East 98th Street, 12th Floor, Box 1104 New York, NY 10029, United States. myron.schwartz@mountsinai.org
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Received: November 27, 2013
Revised: January 15, 2014
Accepted: March 17, 2014
Published online: April 27, 2014
Revised: January 15, 2014
Accepted: March 17, 2014
Published online: April 27, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is characterized by its high potential to metastasize. Most frequent sites for metastases are the remnant liver, lymph nodes and lungs. Metastasis to the pancreas has never been described. Although this may happen exceedingly rarely, hepatobiliary surgeons should be made aware that ICC can also metastasize to the pancreas.