A RARE CASE REPORT OF CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA PRESENTING AS MANDIBULAR SWELLING

Dr. Prakash M.G.; Dr. Siddharth Vijay Kalke; Dr. Anjana Kaza

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

A RARE CASE REPORT OF CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA PRESENTING AS MANDIBULAR SWELLING

Dr. Prakash M. G. , Dr. Siddharth Vijay Kalke, Dr. Anjana Kaza

Abstract :

Cholangiocarcinoma is difficult to diagnose and has a poor prognosis with five year survival rates of <5% due to insidious progression. Here we report a rare case of T4N0M1, Stage IVB cholangiocarcinoma presenting as a mandibular swelling. The disease had rapid progression after presentation so palliative treatment plan was undertaken with ERCP and stenting and jaundice was relieved . Here we present a rare case report of metastatic cholangiocarcinoma, its unusual presentation, investigations done to reach the diagnosis and palliative treatment given