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MeSH Heading: Klatskin Tumor
Tree Number(s): C04.557.470.200.025.450.500
Unique ID: D018285
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018285
Annotation: coordinate IM with BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS (IM)
Scope Note: Cholangiocarcinoma arising near or at the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts (COMMON HEPATIC DUCT). These tumors are generally small, sharply localized, and seldom metastasizing.
Entry Term(s): Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma; Klatskin's Tumor; Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Previous Indexing: Adenocarcinoma (1986-1993); Adenoma, Bile Duct (1981-1993); Bile Duct Neoplasms (1981-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 2016; see Klatskin's Tumor (1994-2015)
History Note: 2016(1994)
Date Introduced: 1994/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

secondary (SC)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0027516
Scope Note: Cholangiocarcinoma arising near or at the confluence of the right and left hepatic ducts (COMMON HEPATIC DUCT). These tumors are generally small, sharply localized, and seldom metastasizing.
Terms: Klatskin Tumor Preferred Term
Term UI T000879203
Date05/05/2015
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Term UI T000879202
Date05/05/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016); Klatskin's Tumor
Term UI T054588
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Term UI T000879208
Date05/05/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2016)

Klatskin Tumor MeSH Descriptor Data 2026