title: Diagnosis and initial management of cholangiocarcinoma with obstructive jaundice.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. tajirit@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tajiri
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mamada
authors.forename: Nobuhiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniai
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokomuro
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizuguchi
mesh_terms: 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