Biliary strictures present a diagnostic challenge, especially when no etiology can be
ascertained after laboratory evaluation, abdominal imaging and endoscopic retrograde …

Biliary duct dilatation is a common incidental finding in practice, but it is unlikely to indicate
biliary obstruction in the absence of clinical symptoms or elevated levels on liver function …

Endoscopic evaluation of indeterminate biliary strictures (IDBSs) has evolved considerably
since the development of flexible fiberoptic endoscopes over 50 years ago. Endoscopic …

Introduction: Pre-operative evaluation of biliary strictures remains challenging. The dilemma
that exists is how to balance the risk of failing to detect malignancy and the potential …

Objective. To determine the yield of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in the investigation of
patients with normal liver function tests (LFTs) and unexplained dilatation of common bile …

Direct referral of patients for EUS–instead of preprocedural consultation with the
endosonographer–has become standard practice (like for other endoscopic procedures) as …

The diagnostic approach to the biliary tree disorders can be challenging, especially for
biliary strictures. Albeit the great diagnostic impact of endoscopic retrograde …

Background Differentiating malignant and benign disease in the pancreatic head and
periampullary region is difficult. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze patients …

Methods Patients were categorized according to their risk of malignancy.'Low-risk'patients,
including those with I-DDS between 2010 and 2015, were analyzed in this study. The …

Objectives Double-duct sign (combined dilatation of the common bile duct and pancreatic
duct) is an infrequently encountered finding in cross-sectional radiological imaging of the …