Cholangiocarcinoma

Introduction: Cholangiocarcinoma

Description of Cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma (medical condition): A malignancy arising in the bile ducts of the liver.

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Bile Duct Cancer:
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  »Symptoms of Bile Duct Cancer

Cholangiocarcinoma: An adenocarcinoma, primarily in intrahepatic bile ducts, composed of ducts lined by cuboidal or columnar cells that do not contain bile, with abundant fibrous stroma; cirrhosis is usually absent.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Cholangiocarcinoma: An malignant tumor composed of cells resembling those of bile ducts. Cholangiocarcinoma is a relatively rare tumor in most populations. It can arise from any portion of the intrahepatic bile duct epithelium or the hepatic ducts. Grossly, the lesions are nodular, grayish-white firm and solid. Microscopically, the vast majority of cholangiocarcinomas are adenocarcinomas showing tubular and/or papillary structures. Early detection of cholangiocarcinomas is difficult, and the overall prognosis after resection is poor (adapted from WHO, 2000). --2002
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Cholangiocarcinoma: A malignant tumor arising from the intrahepatic bile duct epithelium. It is composed of ducts lined by cuboidal or columnar cells that do not contain bile, with abundant stroma. (From Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1455; Stedman, 25th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Cholangiocarcinoma: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Cholangiocarcinoma as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Cholangiocarcinoma as a Disease

Cholangiocarcinoma: Another name for Bile Duct Cancer (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Bile Duct Cancer
  »Symptoms of Bile Duct Cancer

Cholangiocarcinoma: Related Diseases

Cholangiocarcinoma: Cholangiocarcinoma is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Cancer
• Biliary disorder
• Gall bladder conditions
• Bile Duct Conditions

Symptoms of Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)

Some of the symptoms of Cholangiocarcinoma incude:

• Enlarged liver
• Abdominal pain
• Weight loss
• Fever
• Nausea

See full list of 6 symptoms of Cholangiocarcinoma (Bile Duct Cancer)

Terms associated with Cholangiocarcinoma:

Terms Similar to Cholangiocarcinoma:

• Bile duct carcinoma

Source: Diseases Database

Broader terms for Cholangiocarcinoma

• Adenocarcinoma

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Cholangiocarcinoma

The following list attempts to classify Cholangiocarcinoma into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Neoplasms
  • Neoplasms by Histologic Type
    • Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
      • Carcinoma
        • Adenocarcinoma
          • Cholangiocarcinoma

External links related to: Cholangiocarcinoma

• National Cancer Institute - Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer Treatment
• eMedicine - Cholangiocarcinoma : Article by Andrew Kennedy, MD
• Cholangiocarcinoma - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
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• eMedicine - Cholangiocarcinoma : Article by Mahesh Kumar Neelala Anand, MBBS, DNB, FRCR
• eMedicine - Bile Duct Tumors : Article by Ravi Pokala Kiran, MBBS, MS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Glas)

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