Isolated neurofibroma of the common bile duct

Carbia, S.; Pagola, J.; Flaster, N.; Guida, A.; Jufe, L.; González, B.; Caniparoli, A.

Medicina 55(6): 689-692

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-7680
PMID: 8731581
Document Number: 449591
The neurogenic tumors in the biliary tract are rare and usually are amputation neuroma that occur after cholecystectomy. We describe a case of isolated neurofibroma of the common bile duct in a young man not cholecystectomized. The patient suffered recurrent episodes of abdominal pain, vomiting and weight loss without clinical signs of Von Recklinghausen's disease or jaundice. The hepatogram was normal. The echography indicated a solid formation with obstruction of the proximal common bile duct. In the ERCP the stenosis was found. Surgical excision of the tumor and anastomosis of bilateral hepatic ducts and jejunum were carried out. At microscopic examination intraparietal neurofibroma of the common bile duct was found. As isolated entity, we know of only one reported case.

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