Biomaterial Database

Carcinoid tumor of the common bile duct. 1996

D Kopelman, and M Schein, and H Kerner, and H Bahuss, and M Hashmonai

Department of Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.

A case of primary carcinoid tumor of the common bile duct is presented. Diagnostic and therapeutic uncertainties of this extremely rare cause of jaundice are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D002276	Carcinoid Tumor	A usually small, slow-growing neoplasm composed of islands of rounded, oxyphilic, or spindle-shaped cells of medium size, with moderately small vesicular nuclei, and covered by intact mucosa with a yellow cut surface. The tumor can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract (and in the lungs and other sites); approximately 90% arise in the appendix. It is now established that these tumors are of neuroendocrine origin and derive from a primitive stem cell. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1182)	Argentaffinoma,Carcinoid,Carcinoid, Goblet Cell,Argentaffinomas,Carcinoid Tumors,Carcinoids,Carcinoids, Goblet Cell,Goblet Cell Carcinoid,Goblet Cell Carcinoids,Tumor, Carcinoid,Tumors, Carcinoid
D003138	Common Bile Duct Neoplasms	Tumor or cancer of the COMMON BILE DUCT including the AMPULLA OF VATER and the SPHINCTER OF ODDI.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001651	Cholestasis, Extrahepatic	Impairment of bile flow in the large BILE DUCTS by mechanical obstruction or stricture due to benign or malignant processes.	Bile Duct Obstruction, Extrahepatic,Biliary Stasis, Extrahepatic,Extrahepatic Cholestasis,Extrahepatic Biliary Stasis
D016577	Pancreaticoduodenectomy	The excision of the head of the pancreas and the encircling loop of the duodenum to which it is connected.	Duodenopancreatectomy,Pancreatoduodenectomy,Duodenopancreatectomies,Pancreaticoduodenectomies,Pancreatoduodenectomies