LITTLE attention has been paid to polypoid epithelial tumors of the bile ducts in spite of their favorable prognosis, often disabling symptoms, difficulty of clinical recognition and relation to ...
[14] To evaluate biliary strictures of undetermined etiology, the efficacies of variable diagnostic impetuses such as tumor markers ... of benign and malignant bile duct strictures concerning ...
Bile duct cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a malignant tumour of either the bile ducts within the liver (intrahepatic), or those leading from the liver to the small intestine (extrahepatic).
As the name describes, sclerosing tumors are fibrous and constitute the majority of cases worldwide. They often manifest as a concentric thickening of the bile duct, coupled with infiltration of ...
Chemotherapy is a drug or a combination of drugs that kills cancer cells wherever they are in the body. You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called ...
Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MDMedically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma, refers to a group of cancers that develop in the bile ducts.
Ampullary tumors, which arise from the ampulla of Vater where the bile duct and pancreatic duct meet, can be challenging to manage due to their potential for malignancy and the complexity of their ...