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Table 2 Patient characteristics with undifferentiated carcinoma of the distal bile duct

From: Aggressive behavior of anaplastic undifferentiated carcinoma arising from the hilar bile duct

Author

Sex/Age

Chief complaint

Gross appearance

Size (mm)

Surgical procedure

Resection status

Subtype

Prognosis (the cause of death)

Mokuno [18]

81/M

Jaundice

Nodular

92 × 33

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

10 months dead (local recurrence)

Nagai [19]

78/M

General fatigue

Polypoid

10 × 10

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

15 months alive

Yoon [9]

78/M

Jaundice Abdominal pain

Wall thickness

40 × 30

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

POD5 dead (cardiac problem)

Kadono [10]

75/F

Jaundice

Wall thickness

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

2 years dead (local recurrence)

Oikawa [20]

61/M

Jaundice Abdominal pain

Polypoid

48 × 27

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

7 months alive

Fujikawa [21]

73/M

General malaise

Nodular

32 × 26

PD

R0

Not classifiable*

-

Kumei [22]

73/F

Jaundice Epigastralgia

Polypoid

65 × 35

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

6 months dead (liver metastasis)

Zhang [7]

51/F

Jaundice Abdominal pain

Wall thickness

40 × 35

PD

R0

Carcinosarcoma

3 years alive

Sasamoto [23]

79/M

Jaundice

Nodular

18 × 13

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

26 months dead (liver metastasis)

Kajioka [24]

76/M

Epigastric pain

Nodular

33 × 20

PD

R0

Sarcomatoid

65 days dead (peritoneal dissemination)

  1. PD pancreatoduodenectomy
  2. *The tumor cells resembled neuroendocrine or small cell carcinoma