Cholangiocarcinoma presenting with severe gastroparesis and pseudoachalasia.
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ABSTRACT
Tumor-associated gastroparesis, though reported in association with various malignancies, is rare in patients with cholangiocarcinoma. We report a 55-year-old woman who presented with dysphagia and recurrent vomiting. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed dilated stomach and excess residue without organic obstruction. 99mTc sulfur colloid solid gastric emptying study, radio-opaque marker gut transit study, and esophageal manometry showed features suggestive of gastroparesis and achalasia cardia; electrogastrography revealed bradygastria. Cholangiocarcinoma was detected on CT scan performed after the patient developed jaundice two months later. The lesion was deemed surgically unresectable. She died four months later.
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Main subject:
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
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Bile Duct Neoplasms
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Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic
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Female
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Humans
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Esophageal Achalasia
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Fatal Outcome
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Cholangiocarcinoma
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Gastroparesis
Language:
En
Year:
2005
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Article