As much as you know any cancer is dangerous. The fact that she was diagnosed with bile duct cancer means that in some cases the whole liver needs to be removed in order to cure the cancer. It also depends on the stage of cancer and on the severity of the cancer as well. I think ...
Biliary tract disease accompanyingsystemic illnessesis most often characterized bycholestasis, with or without clinical jaundice and mild liverenzyme abnormalities. • Bile ductchanges caused byimmunoglobulin 4cholangiopathy must be distinguished frompancreatic cancerandcholangiocarcinoma. ...
Bile Duct Carcinoma (Cholangiocarcinoma) Carcinomaof thebile ductscan arise anywhere between the papilla of Vater and the smaller branches of the biliary tree within the liver. There are three major anatomic types (Gores, 2003), one localized intrahepatically, second at the bifurcation of right and...
Within the bile duct it seems to lead to improved stent patency by decreasing tumor ingrowth and benign epithelial hyperplasia [18]. This technique has been widely used to treat primary and secondary liver cancer [17]; however, the experience in malignant biliary obstruction is limited. There ...
Bile duct cancer may be further subdivided into intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts, which includes Klatskin's tumours at the liver hilus. Unfortunately, fewer than 10% of all patients are candidates for curative resection, and relapse rates remain high ...
In patients undergoing laparotomy for stab wounds of the abdomen, 40% will be found to have an injury to the liver (approximately 30% in patients with gunshots).9 Rarely, the bile duct may develop a stricture following irradiation for cancer therapy. Bile duct stones can cause strictures, a...