Klatskin tumor


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Klat·skin tumor

(klat'skin),
adenocarcinoma located at the bifurcation of the common hepatic duct.

Klatskin tumor

(klat′skin)
[Gerald Klatskin, U.S. physician, 1910–1986]
A cholangiocarcinoma that arises in the large intrahepatic bile ducts.

Klatskin,

Gerald, U.S. gastroenterologist, 1910-1988.
Klatskin biliary adenocarcinoma
Klatskin cholangiocarcinoma
Klatskin needle
Klatskin tumor - carcinoma of the bile duct.
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(a) Conventional ERC, patient with Klatskin tumor bismuth type II.
Impact of Preoperative Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography Cholangiography on Postoperative Resection Margin Status in Patients Operated due to Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
The AJCC defines perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumors) as occurring from the right and left hepatic ducts to the common bile duct.
Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma
Mass at confluence of right and left hepatic ducts (Klatskin tumors), sclerosing cholangitis & of normal studies MRCP correctly diagnosed all of them proving 100 % sensitive and 100 % specific.
Comparison of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in hepatobiliary disorders
Third segment cholangio-jejunostomy in the treatment of unresectable klatskin tumors. Hepatogastroenterology 1995; 42: 597-600.
Palliation of malignant hilar obstruction at a single centre--review of operative and non-operative techniques

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