The Values of CT and ERCP in Acute Biliary Tract Obstruction Associated with Clonorchiasis
- VernacularTitle:CT及ERCP对肝吸虫性急性胆道梗阻诊断价值的探讨
- Author:
Peng LI
;
Xin ZHAO
;
Honghui ZENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Clonorchiasis;
Obstructive jaundice;
Tomography;
computed tomography;
ERCP
- From:
Journal of Chinese Physician
2001;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the values of computed tomography(CT) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopanc reatography(ERCP) in acute biliary tract obstruction associated with Clonorchiasis. Methods The image features of 47 patients with acute biliary tract obstruction associated with Clonorchiasis proved by operation (27 cases) and ERCP (20 cases) were reviewed retrospectively. Results Fourty-three cases showed equal intrahepatic bile duct diffuse dilatation from porta hepatis to capusle with different levels in CT, and 39 cases showed extrahepatic bile duct dilatation. There was no significant relationship for the extent of intra and extrahepatic bile duct dilatation. It showed the end of intrahepatic bile duct shaped like a bag in 41 cases, a enlarged gallbladder in 38 cases, and 9 cases with a soft intralumenal masses. There were 13 patients with pancreas swelling and 8 with pancreatic duct dilatation. Of the 20 patients underwent ERCP, eighteen cases showed intrahepatic bile duct diffuse dilatation with the end shaped like a bag, and 16 showed extrahepatic bile duct dilatation. Irregular filling-defect was seen in the common bile duct in 9 cases. The obstruction were relieved after Oddi's muscle endoscopic sphincrectomy(EST). Conclusion The patients with acute obstructive jaundice can be diagnosed as Clonorchiasis, if CT or ERCP showed equal intrahepatic bile duct diffuse dilatation with the end shaped like a bag and with extrahepatic bile duct dilatation, which can be confirmed by the worms and eggs found in the drawing-out bile, and the obstruction can be relived by EST.
