Common hepatic duct stricture: are lithiasis and negative brush cytology enough to rule out Klatskin tumor?

Panagiotis J Vlachostergios; George Apergis

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2014.041

Common hepatic duct stricture: are lithiasis and negative brush cytology enough to rule out Klatskin tumor?

J Gastrointest Oncol. 2014 Aug;5(4):E73-4. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2014.041.

Authors

Panagiotis J Vlachostergios¹, George Apergis¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11220, USA.

Abstract

In this case report, the experience of treating a patient with clinical suspicion of hilar cholangiocarcinoma is shared and key points in differentiating from coexistent lithiasis are discussed.

Keywords: Klatskin tumor; cholangiocarcinoma; cholelithiasis; hepatolithiasis.

Publication types

Case Reports