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Imaging of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma for Liver Transplantation

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Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Cancer

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Liver transplantation and resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma are mutually exclusive therapeutic pathways, without possibility of cross over. Interpretation of relevant imaging is essential for accurate preoperative diagnosis, operative planning, management of complications during neoadjuvant therapy, and post-transplant surveillance of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Preoperatively, careful and dynamic interpretation of both cross-sectional imaging and cholangiography is needed to appreciate tumor presence, location, and vascular involvement. While many post-transplant vascular complications can be managed with percutaneous endovascular techniques, a number of specific vascular complications are preferentially treated operatively. An experienced multidisciplinary team is required for successful treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma with liver transplantation.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Victor M. Zaydfudim, David M. Nagorney & Charles B. Rosen

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    Timothy M. Pawlik

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Zaydfudim, V.M., Nagorney, D.M., Rosen, C.B. (2014). Imaging of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma for Liver Transplantation. In: Herman, J., Pawlik, T., Thomas, Jr., C. (eds) Biliary Tract and Gallbladder Cancer. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40558-7_9

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