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Abstract
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.
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- Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
- Klatskin's Tumor
- Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
- Cholangiocarcinoma, Hilar
- Cholangiocarcinoma, Perihilar
- Cholangiocarcinomas, Hilar
- Cholangiocarcinomas, Perihilar
- Hilar Cholangiocarcinomas
- Klatskins Tumor
- Perihilar Cholangiocarcinomas
- Tumor, Klatskin
- Tumor, Klatskin's
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39 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS (IM)
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History Note
2016(1994)
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Previous Indexing
- Adenocarcinoma (1986-1993)
- Adenoma, Bile Duct (1981-1993)
- Bile Duct Neoplasms (1981-1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Klatskin Tumor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018285. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018285
- Klatskin Tumor. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klatskin_tumor
- Klatskin Tumor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q475260