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Neoplastic Processes in Biliary System

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Cholangiocarcinoma (CC) is a malignant tumor arising from biliary epithelium. Clinical manifestations vary depending on the location of the tumor. Understanding of different morphologic types of CC is useful for accurate staging and predicting prognosis. Gallbladder carcinoma usually presents with advanced disease because of the absence of specific symptoms. Multislice CT (MSCT) is presently the most commonly used imaging modality for the diagnosis and staging of the neoplasms involving the biliary system by demonstrating the tumor and abdominal vessels on any desired imaging planes with high spatial resolution. This chapter reviews imaging findings of neoplasms in the biliary system, focusing on typical imaging findings of biliary neoplasms and clinical applications of MSCT.

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  1. Department of Medical Imaging, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada

    Tae Kyoung Kim, Korosh Khalili & Hyun-Jung Jang

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Kim, T.K., Khalili, K., Jang, HJ. (2011). Neoplastic Processes in Biliary System. In: Zech, C., Bartolozzi, C., Baron, R., Reiser, M. (eds) Multislice-CT of the Abdomen. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2011_409

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