Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive jaundice secondary to liver metastases.
Metastatic disease to the liver and adjacent lymph nodes and may cause jaundice by compression upon the major biliary ducts. Small field relatively high dose radiotherapy after accurate localization can result in effective palliation of jaundice in selected patients.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011859:Radiography; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications