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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Aug 2;8(9):512–522. doi: 10.1038/nrgastro.2011.131

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Cholangiocarcinoma subtypes. Cholangiocarcinoma is classified as either intrahepatic or extrahepatic, with the second-order bile ducts acting as the separation point. Classically, extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma has been divided in perihilar and distal extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma at the level of the cystic duct.