cholangiocarcinoma

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Etymology

From cholangio- +‎ carcinoma.

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Noun

cholangiocarcinoma (plural cholangiocarcinomas or cholangiocarcinomata)

1. (pathology) Cancer of the bile ducts (e.g., common bile duct, cholangioles).
   • 2007, Bruce A. Chabner, Thomas J. Lynch Jr., Dan L. Longo, Harrison's Manual of Oncology, McGraw Hill Professional, page 418:

     Cholangiocarcinoma develops at a significantly younger age (between the ages of 30 and 50) in patients with PSC than in patients without PSC.

   • 2013, J. R. Bhardwaj (editor), Boyd's Textbook of Pathology, Volume 2: Systemic Pathology, 10th Edition, Wolter Kluwer Health, page 1043,

     Cholangiocarcinomata arise from the bile ducts. The intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomata are considered here.

   • 2014, Joon-Il Choi, Byung Ihn Choi, “5: Other Malignant Tumors of the Liver”, in Byung Ihn Choi, editor, Radiology Illustrated: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology, Springer, page 171:

     Cholangiocarcinoma (cholangiocellular carcinoma) is a primary malignant tumor arising from the bile duct and can be divided into intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are further classified as either hilar or distal bile duct cholangiocarcinomas. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma or peripheral cholangiocarcinoma is the second most common primary liver cancer following hepatocellular carcinoma. However, it represents only 10% of all cholangiocarcinomas.

Synonyms

• bile duct cancer (informal)
• cholangiocellular carcinoma

Hyponyms

• distal cholangiocarcinoma (=extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma)
• extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
• hilar cholangiocarcinoma
• intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
• Klatskin tumor (=hilar cholangiocarcinoma)
• perihilar cholangiocarcinoma (=hilar cholangiocarcinoma)

Coordinate terms

• cholangioma (benign counterpart)

Derived terms

• hepatocholangiocarcinoma

Related terms

• cholangiocarcinogenesis
• cholangiocyte

Translations

pathology: cancer of the bile duct

Chinese: Mandarin: 膽管癌 / 胆管癌 (zh) (dǎnguǎn'ái) Finnish: sappitiesyöpä Irish: ailse dhucht an domlais f Portuguese: colangiocarcinoma m Spanish: colangiocarcinoma

Further reading

• Klatskin tumor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) on Mayo Clinic