cholangiocarcinoma /cho·lan·gi·o·car·ci·no·ma/ (ko-lan″je-o-kahr″sĭ-no´mah)
cholangiocarcinoma
cholangiocarcinoma [ko-lan″je-o-kahr″sĭ-no´mah]
cholangiocarcinoma
1. an adenocarcinoma arising from the epithelium of the intrahepatic bile ducts and composed of epithelial cells in tubules or acini with fibrous stroma.
cho·lan·gi·o·car·ci·no·ma (k -l n j --kärs -n m)n. An adenocarcinoma of the intrahepatic bile ducts. |
cholangiocarcinoma
[kōlan′jē·ōkär′sinō′mə]
a cancer of the biliary epithelium. Risk factors include ulcerative colitis and infestation of liver flukes. Diagnosis is based on histologic evaluation, and the prognosis is poor.
cholangiocarcinoma [ko-lan″je-o-kahr″sĭ-no´mah]
1. an adenocarcinoma arising from the epithelium of the intrahepatic bile ducts, composed of eosinophilic cuboidal or columnar epithelial cells, with abundant fibrous stroma; mucus may be secreted but not bile.
cholangiocarcinoma
see cholangiocellular carcinoma.
cholangiocarcinoma
Bile duct cancer, cancer of bile ducts A rare–5/100,000/yr cancer of intrahepatic bile ducts seen > age 60 Etiology Anabolic steroids, Thorotrast, Clonorchis sinensis, possibly ulcerative cholitis,
cholecystitis; not associated with alcohol abuse Clinical Jaundice—71%, abdominal pain-49%, weight loss—44% Prognosis 53% 1-yr survival, 9% 3-yr, 4% 5-yr. Cf Hepatocellular carcinoma.
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