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Colangiocarcinoma

Última revisión: 8 Dec 2025
Última actualización: 11 Nov 2025

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • icterícia indolor
  • perda de peso
  • dor abdominal
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • prurido
  • tríade de febre, icterícia e dor no quadrante superior direito do abdome
  • vesícula biliar palpável
  • hepatomegalia
  • urina escura
  • fezes claras
  • assintomático
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Factores de riesgo

  • idade >50 anos
  • colangite
  • coledocolitíase
  • colecistolitíase
  • outros distúrbios estruturais do trato biliar
  • colite ulcerativa
  • colangite esclerosante primária
  • cirrose inespecífica
  • hepatopatia alcoólica
  • infecção por parasitas hepáticos
  • portador crônico de febre tifoide
  • vírus da hepatite C (HCV)
  • vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV)
  • vírus da hepatite B (HBV)
  • exposição ao dióxido de tório
  • diabetes
  • tabagismo
  • exposição a toxinas/medicamentos
  • sexo masculino
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • bilirrubina sérica
  • fosfatase alcalina sérica
  • gama-glutamiltransferase sérica
  • aminotransferase sérica
  • tempo de protrombina sérica
  • antígeno CA 19-9 sérico
  • antígeno carcinoembriogênico (CEA) sérico
  • antígeno CA-125 sérico
  • ultrassonografia abdominal
  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) abdominal
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) abdominal
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • ultrassonografia endoscópica (USE)
  • angiografia por ressonância magnética (RM)
  • colangiopancreatografia retrógrada endoscópica (CPRE)
  • colangiopancreatografia por ressonância magnética (CPRM)
  • cateterismo trans-hepático percutâneo (CTP)
  • tomografia por emissão de pósitrons (PET)
  • Imunocoloração
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Pruebas emergentes

  • tomografia de coerência óptica (TCO)
  • colangioscopia peroral
  • colangioscopia assistida por duodenoscópio

Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

doença ressecável

doença irressecável

Colaboradores

Autores

N. Joseph Espat, MD, MS, FACS

Chairman of Surgery

Professor

Director Cancer Center

Department of Surgery

Roger Williams Medical Center

Boston University School of Medicine

Providence

RI

Divulgaciones

NJE declares he has no competing interests.

Ponnandai Somasundar, MD, MPH, FACS

Associate Professor and Chief of Surgical Oncology

Department of Surgery

Roger Williams Medical Center

Boston University School of Medicine

Providence

RI

Divulgaciones

PS declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

We would like to acknowledge our Gastroenterology expert panel member, Dr Brooks Cash, for his contribution to this topic.

Divulgaciones

BC declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Kevin Watkins, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Health Science Center

SUNY

Stony Brook

NY

Disclosures

KW declares that he has no competing interests.

Savio Reddymasu, MD

GI Fellow

Department of Medicine

Center for Gastrointestinal Motility

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City

KS

Disclosures

SR declares that he has no competing interests.

Satvinder Mudan, MBBS, BSc, MD, FRCS

Consultant in Surgical Oncology

The Royal Marsden Hospital

London

UK

Disclosures

SM declares that he has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

Bridgewater J, Galle PR, Khan SA, et al. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. J Hepatol. 2014;60:1268-1289.Full text  Abstract

Bowlus CL, Arrivé L, Bergquist A, et al. AASLD practice guidance on primary sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma. Hepatology. 2023 Feb 1;77(2):659-702.Full text  Abstract

Rushbrook SM, Kendall TJ, Zen Y, et al. British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for the diagnosis and management of cholangiocarcinoma. Gut. 2023 Dec 7;73(1):16-46.Full text  Abstract

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: biliary tract cancers [internet publication].Full text

Shroff RT, Kennedy EB, Bachini M, et al. Adjuvant Therapy for Resected Biliary Tract Cancer: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2019 Apr 20;37(12):1015-1027.Full text  Abstract

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