Complex diagnosis in a case of biliary tract disease

A patient’s presentation of jaundice and abnormal LFTs is suspected to be biliary tract disease, but is it benign or malignant?

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Mr Tang, a 55-year-old male, presents with jaundice and 8kg of unintentional weight loss over three months.

He is otherwise asymptomatic with no fever and no other signs of intercurrent illness.