Intra-biliary growth of hepatocellular carcinoma(icteric type or cholestatic type hepatoma) is rare disease. In large series, this type of hepatoma has been reported with the incidence of 1.2 1.5%. Hepatocellular carcinoma can induce obstructive jaun...
Intra-biliary growth of hepatocellular carcinoma(icteric type or cholestatic type hepatoma) is rare disease. In large series, this type of hepatoma has been reported with the incidence of 1.2 1.5%. Hepatocellular carcinoma can induce obstructive jaundice by intrabile duct tumor growth. This findings in most reported cases and, rarely, is recognized ante mortem. The average survival time of the cases was significantly shorter than that of hepatocellular carci- noma patients without intrabile duct tumor growth. There were rare reports in Korea. We present a case of icteric type of hepatocellular carcinoma with literature review.(Korean J Gastroenterol 1994; 26: 373 377)