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Abstract
Biliary strictures may be due to a variety of benign and malignant processes. Imaging with endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) often suggests the diagnosis, but is usually not definitive. EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (FNA) facilitates the diagnosis of extrahepatic biliary strictures, although peritioneal metastases due to needle tract seeding may occur after EUS-FNA of cholangiocarcinoma. In addition to diagnosis of strictures, EUS may play an important role in staging of cholangiocarcinoma.Entities:
Keywords: Bile ducts; Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine-needle biopsy; Pathologic constriction
Year: 2012 PMID: 22977829 PMCID: PMC3429763 DOI: 10.5946/ce.2012.45.3.328
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Endosc ISSN: 2234-2400