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Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a type of cancer that forms in the bile ducts. [2] Symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma may include abdominal pain, yellowish skin, weight loss, generalized itching, and fever. [1] Light colored stool or dark urine may also occur. [4]
A Klatskin tumor (or hilar cholangiocarcinoma) is a cholangiocarcinoma (cancer of the biliary tree) occurring at the confluence of the right and left hepatic bile ducts. The disease was named after Gerald Klatskin, who in 1965 described 15 cases and found some characteristics for this type of cholangiocarcinoma. [1] [2] [3]
When the intrahepatic bile duct wall has protrusions, it is clearly seen as central dots or a linear streak. [10] Caroli disease is commonly diagnosed after this “central dot sign” is detected on a CT scan or ultrasound. [10] However, cholangiography is the best, and final, approach to show the enlarged bile ducts as a result of Caroli disease.
In terms of mortality, the 5-year survival rate for liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancers in the United States is 19.6%. [79] In the United States, there is an estimated 1% chance of getting liver cancer across the lifespan, which makes this cancer relatively rare. [ 79 ]
extrahepatic bile duct; ampulla of Vater; cholelithiasis; cholecystitis; others (excluding postcholecystectomy syndrome), but including other obstructions of the gallbladder (like strictures) hydrops, perforation, fistula; cholesterolosis; biliary dyskinesia; ICD-10 code K83: other diseases of the biliary tract:
Periampullary cancer is a cancer that forms near the ampulla of Vater, an enlargement of the ducts from the liver and pancreas where they join and enter the small intestine. [1] It consists of: ampullary tumour from ampulla of Vater; cancer of lower common bile duct; duodenal cancer adjacent to ampulla; carcinoma head of pancreas
Experts don’t know what causes it, but risk factors include having bile duct stones, cirrhosis of the liver or inflammatory bowel disease. About 8,000 people are diagnosed with bile duct cancer ...
Gallbladder cancer is a relatively uncommon cancer, with an incidence of fewer than 2 cases per 100,000 people per year in the United States. [7] It is particularly common in central and South America, central and eastern Europe, Japan and northern India; it is also common in certain ethnic groups e.g. Native American Indians and Hispanics. [8]