Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Indeterminate Biliary Strictures.
- Author:
Mark TOPAZIAN
1
Author Information
1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. topazian.mark@mayo.edu
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Endoscopic ultrasound;
Pathologic constriction;
Fine-needle biopsy;
Bile ducts
- MeSH:
Bile Ducts;
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Cholangiocarcinoma;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration;
Endosonography;
Needles;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Seeds
- From:Clinical Endoscopy
2012;45(3):328-330
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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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.
