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Endoscopic diagnosis of biliary tract disease

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2012
Endoscopic diagnosis of biliary disease is challenging due to difficulties in access, visualization, and sampling. Recent advances in endoscopic technology, ancillary diagnostic methods, and our understanding of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and IgG4-related cholangitis (IRC) have led to improvements in the endoscopic diagnosis of pancreaticobiliary ...
Evangelos, Kalaitzakis, George J, Webster   +1 more
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Endoscopic management of biliary tract disease

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 1999
Endoscopic management of biliary tract disease continues to be influenced by new advances in technology and shaped by further examination of old controversies. This review covers and highlights recent world literature concerning biliary endoscopy and its effect on the management of biliary disorders.
P R, Pfau, M L, Kochman
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GALLBLADDER AND BILIARY TRACT DISEASE IN AIDS

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 1997
Biliary disease occurs in a subset of AIDS patients with CD4 counts of less than 100 per mm3. These patients present with right upper quadrant and epigastric pain, cholestasis, and usually abnormal findings on imaging. In 75% of patients, an associated opportunistic infection can be identified.
J A, Nash, S A, Cohen
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Surgical aspects of biliary tract disease

The American Journal of Medicine, 1971
Abstract Presented here is a review of selected topics of mutual interest to both gastroenterologist and surgeon. Statistics concerning the mortality and morbidity of biliary tract surgery indicate that associated cardiovascular disease is a principal cause of fatal complications.
C K, McSherry, F, Glenn
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AIDS-Related Biliary Tract Disease

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 1998
Increasingly, specialists caring for patients with AIDS have reported relatively small numbers of patients with biliary tract disease. These conditions fall into three general categories: (1) non-HIV-associated conditions of the bile duct, (2) acalculous cholecystitis, and (3) AIDS cholangiopathy.
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Diseases of the Biliary Tract

Medical Clinics of North America, 1948
E J, MALTBY, T, OWEN
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Biliary Tract Disease In Navajo Indians

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1968
To the Editor:— In the article, "Biliary Tract Disease Among the Navajos," by Brown and Christensen ( 202 :1050, 1967), there were two unverified conclusions. The average age of the male patients in the study was 56.8 and that of female patients 39.9 years. Colcock and Perey ( Surg Gyn Obstet 117 :529, 1963) stated that the average age of white male
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Biliary tract disease

Disease-a-Month, 1956
C, ECKERT, A I, MENDELOFF
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Biliary Tract Calculi and Associated Disease

Postgraduate Medicine, 1951
Extrabiliary calculi may occur in association with cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, or other diseases involving the biliary tree or pancreas. The indications for exploration of the common duct and the criteria for determining the optimum time for discontinuance of drainage are discussed.
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Ultrasound in the Investigation of Biliary Tract Disease

Australasian Radiology, 1978
SUMMARY 88 patients with non-opacification of the gallbladder were examined by Ultrasound of the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. Criteria for the diagnosis of gallstones are described. Employing such criteria we have had no false positive results in the diagnosis of calculi.
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