OBJECTIVE To assess the value and the associated morbidity of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic endoprosthesis insertion in the treatment of patients with Klatskin tumors. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING A tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Fifty-five consecutive patients with Klatskin tumors diagnosed through typical cholangiographic and computed to...

Background: Klatskin tumor is a rare liver cancer that involves the bile ducts. Its incidence begins to increase over time and usually only diagnosed in patients who are already at an advanced stage. The annual of klatskin tumors not more than 1:100,000. suspected based on signs biliary obstruction, ultrasonography showing stricture or mass, cholangiography with ERCP MRCP, abnormal function tes...

We describe the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of a type Va extrahepatic bile duct duplication coexistent with distally located hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor). We present 2 cases that were diagnosed preoperatively and treated with a modified surgical technique of a combined pylorus-preserving Whipple procedure and hepaticojejunostomy.

Surgical resection with a tumor-free margin is the only curative treatment for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor). However, over half of the patients present late with unresectable tumors. Radiotherapy using external beam irradiation or intraluminal brachytherapy (ILBT) has been used to treat unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma with satisfactory outcome. We reported a patient with unre...

Hilar cholangiocarcinoma, also known as Klatskin tumour, is the commonest type of cholangiocarcinoma. It poses unique problems in the diagnosis and management because of its anatomical location. Curative surgery in the form of major hepatic resection entails significant morbidity. About 5-15% of specimens resected for presumed Klatskin tumour prove not to be cholangiocarcinomas. There are a num...