Diagnosis and initial management of cholangiocarcinoma with obstructive jaundice.
Cholangiocarcinoma is the second most common primary hepatic cancer. Despite advances in diagnostic techniques during the past decade, cholangiocarcinoma is usually encountered at an advanced stage. In this review, we describe the classification, diagnosis, and initial management of cholangiocarcinoma with obstructive jaundice.
Tajiri
Takashi
T
Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. tajirit@nms.ac.jp
Yoshida
Hiroshi
H
Mamada
Yasuhiro
Y
Taniai
Nobuhiko
N
Yokomuro
Shigeki
S
Mizuguchi
Yoshiaki
Y
D000792:Angiography; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000473:pathology; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D018281:Cholangiocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002758:Cholangiography; D049448:Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D019160:Endosonography; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D010166:Palliative Care; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome