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... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Carcinoma > Adenocarcinoma > Cholangiocarcinoma > Klatskin Tumor

Preferred term

Klatskin Tumor  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cholangiocarcinoma, Hilar
  • Cholangiocarcinomas, Hilar
  • Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas
  • Klatskin's Tumor
  • Klatskins Tumor
  • Tumor, Klatskin's

Note

  • coordinate IM with BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • Cholangiocarcinoma arising near or at the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts (COMMON HEPATIC DUCT). These tumors are generally small, sharply localized, and seldom metastasizing.

History note

  • 2016(1994)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018285

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