Obstructive Jaundice in Polycystic Liver Disease Related to Coexisting Cholangiocarcinoma
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2008 Although jaundice rarely complicates polycystic liver disease (PLD), secondary benign or malignant causes cannot be excluded. In a 72-year-old female who presented with increased abdominal girth, dyspnea, weight loss and jaundice, ultrasound and computed
Spiros G. Delis +5 more
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What Is the Best Way to Identify Malignant Transformation Within Pancreatic IPMN: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasias (IPMNs) represent 25% of all cystic neoplasms and are precursor lesions for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
Bostock, Emma +10 more
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Zdravniški Vestnik, 2004 Background. The differential diagnosis of biliary diseases remains a challenge. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was the gold standard for pancreaticobiliary evaluation but it is associated with complications.
Davorin Dajčman +2 more
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Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2011 Choledochal cysts (CCs) are rare congenital cystic or fusiform dilatations of the biliary tree that can involve the extrahepatic and/or intrahepatic biliary tree. We report a case of huge type I CC associated with an aberrant posterior hepatic duct. A 52-
Girolamo Geraci +5 more
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Modified respiratory-triggered SPACE sequences for magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
European Journal of Radiology OpenBackground: Respiratory-triggered (RT) and breath-hold are the most common acquisition modalities for magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP). The present study compared the three different acquisition modalities for optimizing the use of MRCP
Dayong Jin +9 more
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COMPARISON OF ULTRASOUND WITH ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY AND SURGERY IN THE DETECTION OF SITE AND CAUSE BILE DUCTS DILATATION [PDF]
background and Objectives: Ultrasound (US) is the initial imaging test used in the evaluation of patients with biliary tract disease. Our retrospective study was designed to evaluate the capacity of ultrasound to determine the cause and site of bile ...
تبرائی, یاسر +3 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Top 100 Cited Articles on Hepatic Magnetic Resonance Imaging. [PDF]
, 2018 The purpose of this study is to guide the readers to the impact of the articles published on hepatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We searched Scopus using 10 different search terms for hepatic MRI.
Abdullah, Hafez Mohammad A. +7 more
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Impact of Obesity on Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of obesity on pediatric acute recurrent pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis (CP). METHODS: We determined body mass index (BMI) status at enrollment in INSPPIRE (INternational Study group ...
Abu-El-Haija, Maisam +27 more
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Ultrasound and magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography correlation in biliary disorders
MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2015 Biliary strictures can also be visualized with sufficient anatomic detail to determine the level of obstruction and in some instances, differentiate benign from malignant causes. MRCP has potentially two major advantages in neoplastic pancreatico biliary
A Siva Prasad, J Sandeep
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Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis as a Manifestation of Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction [PDF]
, 2016 Recurrent acute pancreatitis (RAP) is defined as two or more occurance of acute pancreatitis with no evidence of underlying chronic pancreatitis. Prevalence of RAP varied from 10-30%. One of the postulated mechanism of this condition is sphincter of Oddi
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