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8066257

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-16
pubmed:abstractText
This study was aimed at assessing the role of CT in the investigation of extraductal spread of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. October 1990 to November 1993, twenty-one patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma were examined. The diagnosis was made on the basis of the following CT findings: intrahepatic bile ducts dilatation, nonunion of the right and the left bile ducts, normal size of extrahepatic bile ducts and the tumor depicted "per se". As for extraductal spread, we considered parenchymal invasion, involvement of vascular structures and parenchymal, lymph node and peritoneal metastases. In all cases CT demonstrated intrahepatic bile duct dilatation and nonunion at the confluence. CT demonstrated a hypodense mass in 10/21 cases and an isodense mass in 11/21 cases. Portal vein involvement was detected in 7/10 cases and hepatic artery involvement was correctly suspected in 1/8 cases; CT demonstrated parenchymal and lymph node metastases in 1/6 and 2/7 cases. In conclusion, CT proved to be a valuable technique, like PTC and US, to assess tumor resectability.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-8362
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Role of computerized tomography in the evaluation of extraductal extension of hilar cholangiocarcinoma].
pubmed:affiliation
IV Divisione di Radiologia, Ospedale S. Martino, Genova.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract