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This is the first case report of 43-year-old lady with a myxoid hepatic adenoma which demonstrated significant contrast uptake during hepatobiliary phase imaging. This highlights the potential for a missed diagnosis and likely subsequent malignant transformation in a young patient in whom it was initially presumed to be focal nodular hyperplasia with no further surveillance.
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INTRODUCTION: Gastric adenocarcinoma is a known complication of partial gastrectomy. Jaundice from gastric adenocarcinoma usually occurs in the setting of hepatic nodal or parenchymal metastasis. This case demonstrates an unusual level of biliary obstruction from gastric adenocarcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION: An 84-year-old Caucasian man was diagnosed as having a new gastric adenocarcinoma at the level of the gastroenteric anastomosis of a prior Billroth II gastrectomy after presenting with painless jaundice. He had a non-dilated biliary tree on radiographic imaging despite evidence of large bile duct obstruction on liver biopsy. The obstruction was managed with endoscopic wire-guided stenting of the malignant tumor. CONCLUSIONS: The unusual finding of a non-dilated biliary tree in the face of obstructive jaundice is likely to have resulted from the unusual post-surgical anatomy and hence distal level of obstruction. Endoscopic duodenal stenting is a novel method of managing obstructive jaundice in gastric adenocarcinoma.
