They are discreet, easily confused with other digestive or urinary disorders, and yet these signs should alert. Bile lane cancer, or cholangiocarcinoma, is a rare and insidious disease that often manifests when the tumor has already progressed. And among his very first symptoms, some are only revealed when going to the toilet. It is the British association Liver Cancer UK that sounds the alarm. Unusually dark urine and pale and pasty stools can be the very first witnesses of dysfunction in the bile ducts. These anomalies result from a bile evacuation disorder, a liquid made by the liver to help digestion, especially fats. In the event of partial obstruction of the bile ducts by a tumor, the bile can no longer flow properly, which disrupts the elimination of bile pigments in the stool, hence their discolored appearance. In parallel, bilirubin, pigment responsible for the yellow color of bile, accumulates in the body and is partly eliminated by the urine, which then rush significantly.
Discreet cancer with difficult diagnosis
Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare cancer. According to the Lyon University Hospital, it affects approximately 2 people in 100,000. It however represents 10 to 15 % of hepato-biliary cancers and around 3 % of digestive tumors. He affects more (…)
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