LITTLE attention has been paid to polypoid epithelial tumors of the bile ducts in spite of their favorable prognosis, often disabling symptoms, difficulty of clinical recognition and relation to ...

is an aggressive type of cancer that starts in the bile ducts. It can affect people of different ages but it is more commonly ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MDMedically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Bile duct cancer, also known as cholangiocarcinoma, refers to a group of cancers that develop in the bile ducts.

Chemotherapy is a drug or a combination of drugs that kills cancer cells wherever they are in the body. You may receive chemotherapy before surgery to shrink a bile duct tumor. This is called ...

[54] Benign biliary hamartomas, such as bile duct adenomas (also called peribiliary gland hamartoma), biliary adenofibromas and Von Meyenburg complexes are small, often subcapsular nodules.

As the name describes, sclerosing tumors are fibrous and constitute the majority of cases worldwide. They often manifest as a concentric thickening of the bile duct, coupled with infiltration of ...

Ampullary tumors, which arise from the ampulla of Vater where the bile duct and pancreatic duct meet, can be challenging to manage due to their potential for malignancy and the complexity of their ...