title: [Cholangiocarcinoma of the main biliary tract. Judging its resectability by imaging procedures].
abstract: Eighteen patients with main biliary tract cholangiocarcinomas and no spread to the gallbladder and to the papilla of Vater underwent a combined US, ERCP/PTC and CT study. Angiography was performed on a selected group of 12 patients. We divided the infiltrating, polypoid or stenosing lesions in three groups: upper portion tumors, involving the confluence and the common hepatic duct (8 patients); middle portion tumors, originating from the common bile duct between the confluence of the cystic duct and the upper duodenal profile (6 patients); and finally lower third tumors, originating from the common bile duct between the upper rim of the duodenum and the papilla of Vater (4 patients). According to ERCP and/or PTC, US, CT and angiographic findings, only 9 of 18 cholangiocarcinomas were judged as resectable. The authors stress the need to optimize the use of imaging methods: US can locate the biliary obstruction; ERCP and/or PTC can show the tumor and its spread out of the duct, and finally angiography can exclude or confirm the vascular involvement of the hepatic hilum.
authors.affiliation: II Servizio di Radiologia, USL 40, Ospedale A. Cardarelli, Regione Campania, Napoli.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niola
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aloy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansalone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Il colangiocarcinoma della via biliare principale. Giudizio di resecabilità con procedure di imaging.