Klatskin tumor in a patient diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome

The chronic inflammatory process of rheumatic diseases constitutes a factor that causes affectation in other organs and organ systems. The affectation can produce metaplasia of the mucosa of different tissues and condition the appearance of neoplastic diseases. Patients with Sjogren's syndrome have a 40% increased risk of developing a tumor disease compared to healthy patients or other non-inflammatory chronic diseases. The objective of this study is to present the clinical-imaging characteristics that made the diagnosis of a Klatskin tumor possible in a 57-year-old female patient with a 5-year history of Sjogren's syndrome. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed to remove the tumor. Three days after the surgical intervention, the patient showed a favorable evolution, so it was decided to discharge from the hospital with follow-up by outpatient consultation of specialties of general surgery and rheumatology indistinctly. Treatment for the patient's underlying disease was maintained throughout the procedure. Currently the patient is incorporated into her daily activities and with a favorable evolution of her state of health.