Symptoms of hilar cholangiocarcinoma?

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Advanced symptoms of hilar cholangiocarcinoma? Cholangiocarcinoma patients often have liver metastasis, or gastrointestinal metastasis. Most patients will have a sense of epigastric pain, and even due to the decline of the patient's physical function, causing systemic infection. These are the serious injuries caused by cholangiocarcinoma. The following is a detailed introduction of various symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma.

Symptoms of hilar cholangiocarcinoma?

① Jaundice: This is the most common symptom of cholangiocarcinoma, accounting for 36.5%. Jaundice is the result of obstruction of biliary tract, and its degree is related to the location and degree of obstruction. The jaundice was deeper in extrahepatic bile duct obstruction and shallower in intrahepatic bile duct obstruction. Jaundice is deeper in complete bile duct obstruction and shallower in incomplete bile duct obstruction. Occasionally, inflammation and spasm of bile duct, tumor shedding and papillary tumor deviation can make jaundice fluctuate. Middle and lower cholangiocarcinoma often presents as painless cholestatic jaundice. The patient's urine is dark yellow or tan, and his stool is light or clay.

② Abdominal pain: at this time, the patient may have mild discomfort in the upper abdomen after eating, or hidden pain and discomfort under xiphoid process, or back pain, or right upper abdominal colic, which is the manifestation of nerve invasion. It can appear before or after jaundice.

③ Others: anorexia, anorexia, fatigue, weight loss, pruritus, nausea and vomiting, or nonspecific symptoms of cancer. A few patients may have symptoms of portal hypertension, which is caused by cancer infiltrating the portal vein.

matters needing attention

As long as patients maintain an optimistic and positive attitude and take positive treatment, the survival time of patients can be significantly prolonged.