Is liver transplantation indicated for cholangiocarcinoma?
โ Scribed by Jeyarajah, D. Rohan ;Klintmalm, Goran B.
- Book ID
- 105746993
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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## Key Points 1. Patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) have a 8 to 12% risk of developing cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). 2. Cytologic techniques for aneuploidy such as digital image analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization increase the detection rate for CCA. 3. Survival following re
Cholangiocarcinoma is a biliary tumor, which not infrequently complicates primary sclerosing cholangitis. It carries a poor prognosis and, with the exception of carefully selected individuals in research protocols, contraindicates orthotopic liver transplantation. There has been some suggestion that