1.Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections (with Video).
Clinical Endoscopy 2012;45(3):337-340
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is often used to guide drainage of pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs). EUS enhances the diagnosis of cystic pancreatic lesions and enables real-time image-guided control of PFC drainage. EUS may facilitate the endoscopic treatment of patients with pancreatic necrosis and patients with disconnected pancreatic duct syndrome.
Drainage
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Humans
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Necrosis
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Pancreatic Ducts
2.Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Indeterminate Biliary Strictures.
Clinical Endoscopy 2012;45(3):328-330
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.
Bile Ducts
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Biopsy, Fine-Needle
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Cholangiocarcinoma
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
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Endosonography
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Needles
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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Seeds