Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Indeterminate Biliary Strictures
Clinical Endoscopy
;
: 328-330, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-21156
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.
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Main subject:
Seeds
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Bile Ducts
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Cholangiocarcinoma
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Endosonography
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
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Needles
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Neoplasm Metastasis
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinical Endoscopy
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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