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Prospective comparative study of ERCP brush cytology and EUS-FNA for the diferential diagnosis of biliary strictures [PDF]

, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and to compare the diagnostic yield of ERCP brush cytology (ERCP) and EUS-FNA in patients with biliary strictures and evaluates the agreement between general pathologists (GP) and expert GI pathologists (GIP) in the final diagnosis
Ardengh, José Celso, Ferrari, Angelo Paulo, Libera, Ermelindo Della, Nakao, Frank Shigueo, Novis, Monica, Ornellas, Laura Cota, Santo, Giulio Cesare, Venco, Filadelfio   +7 more
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Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: the ABC of MRCP [PDF]

, 2011
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a technique that has evolved over the past two decades. It continues to have a fundamental role in the non-invasive investigation of many pancreatico-biliary disorders.
Nyree Griffin, Geoff Charles-Edwards, Lee Alexander Grant   +2 more
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Self Dilation of Esophageal Strictures

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 1991
Over 22 years, 26 patients were taught to dilate their esophageal strictures. Fifteen had peptic strictures, four malignant neoplasms, three achalasia, three dysphagia following fundoplication and one esophageal lichen planus.
Stephen N Sullivan, Marie Corke, William C Watson   +2 more
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NON-MALIGNANT STRICTURES OF RECTUM. [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1899
It is not the purpose of this paper to enter into the etiology or pathology of strictures, but simply to compare the different operative procedures of the past and show why the methods failed to give permanent results, and to again describe two methods of operating for rectal, strictures, devised by me and published some years ago.
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Esophageal and pharyngeal strictures: report on 1,862 endoscopic dilatations using the Savary-Gilliard technique [PDF]

, 2018
Treatment of symptomatic pharyngeal and esophageal strictures requires endoscopic dilatation. The Savary-Gilliard bougienage was developed by our department and has been used since 1980 for this purpose. We report our experience using this technique. The
Escher, Anette, Monnier, Philippe, Piotet, Elsa   +2 more
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Autoimmune cholangitis mimicking a klatskin tumor: a case report [PDF]

, 2011
Introduction Autoimmune cholangitis remains an elusive manifestation of immunoglobulin G4-associated systemic disease most commonly encountered in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis.
Alexandra Shingina, David Owen, Charles Zwirewich, Baljinder Salh   +3 more
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Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization in Primary Diagnosis of Biliary Strictures: A Single-Center Prospective Interventional Study

Biomedicines, 2023
Background and aims: Diagnosis of the biliary stricture remains a challenge. In view of the low sensitivity of brush cytology (BC), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been reported as a useful adjunctive test in patients with biliary ...
Vincent Dansou Zoundjiekpon, Premysl Falt, Jana Zapletalova, Petr Vanek, Daniela Kurfurstova, Zuzana Slobodova, Daniela Skanderova, Gabriela Korinkova, Pavel Skalicky, Martin Lovecek, Ondrej Urban   +10 more
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Locoregional therapies in cholangiocarcinoma [PDF]

, 2017
Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare and aggressive malignancy of the biliary tract. Complete surgical resection can be curative, but the majority of patients are diagnosed with advanced disease and usually die within a year of diagnosis.
Davidson, B, Labib, PLZ, Pereira, SP, Sharma, RA   +3 more
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Diagnostic Approach to Biliary Strictures

Diagnostics
Biliary strictures represent a narrowing of the bile ducts, leading to obstruction that may result from benign or malignant etiologies. Accurate diagnosis is crucial but challenging due to overlapping features between benign and malignant strictures ...
Daniyal Raza, Sahib Singh, Stefano Francesco Crinò, Ivo Boskoski, Cristiano Spada, Lorenzo Fuccio, Jayanta Samanta, Jahnvi Dhar, Marco Spadaccini, Paraskevas Gkolfakis, Marcello Fabio Maida, Jorge Machicado, Marcello Spampinato, Antonio Facciorusso   +13 more
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [PDF]

, 2013
A 61-year-old gentleman who lives with his wife and 20-year-old son, presented to the polyclinic with a four week history of pruritus. On examination he was found to be jaundiced and his LFTs were high.
Bezzina, Sarah, Debattista, Daniel
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